Like everything I guess the answer is "It depends"
For some of the larger equipment in high ampacity switchboards and panel boards along with transformers, there is a market for "used devices"
As an example, if you fail a 1600A ACB that's important to your facility operations and it's of an obsolete pattern, then it's tempting to get a second hand (hopefully reconditioned unit) rather than spend perhaps a £1million on a complete replacement transformer switchboard - at least in the short(er) term. I arranged exactly that for a NHS facility, to keep them operational whilst implementing the design for an infrastructure upgrade fairly recently - I recall it was RF Winder that helped us out as they were providing new switchgear to a client of theirs that matched the pattern of ours - and it was available at short notice.
For smaller stuff, it's often not worth the bother, but for sure, a spare MCB or 3 to allow a bit of life "extension" and additional circuits in a facility isn't the worst thing in life.
Like everything I guess the answer is "It depends"
For some of the larger equipment in high ampacity switchboards and panel boards along with transformers, there is a market for "used devices"
As an example, if you fail a 1600A ACB that's important to your facility operations and it's of an obsolete pattern, then it's tempting to get a second hand (hopefully reconditioned unit) rather than spend perhaps a £1million on a complete replacement transformer switchboard - at least in the short(er) term. I arranged exactly that for a NHS facility, to keep them operational whilst implementing the design for an infrastructure upgrade fairly recently - I recall it was RF Winder that helped us out as they were providing new switchgear to a client of theirs that matched the pattern of ours - and it was available at short notice.
For smaller stuff, it's often not worth the bother, but for sure, a spare MCB or 3 to allow a bit of life "extension" and additional circuits in a facility isn't the worst thing in life.
