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Jcgunter
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Sep 05, 2025
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Does this electrical box have any value to try to sell on an auction site?

Does this electrical box have any value to try to resell on the auction site? It would be used I presume and untested. I remember when my father bought a new one and installed it in the motorhome and something happened to the new one or the old one and I’m not sure which one this is.  The back of the housing is cracked.  

 

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  • It's a replaced surge guard which lends one to believe it has already done it's job and protected the RV from a surge. Unfortunately that means it's probably now dead hence the replacement. I supposed you could strip it down and take the copper wire to a recycling center. But you're probably looking at a few pennies for the amount in there. If it was in my garage I would be sending it to the landfill or hazardous waste center. 

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      Jcgunter
      Explorer

      After inspecting the back of this box. It does look like it has been installed before and the back housing is cracked.  I guess what I was asking if the guts of the inside of this box has and value to anyone or should I just throw it away?  

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        StirCrazy
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        its hard to say, you could hold on to it for 3 years and in the end get 5 buck from some one, or just recycle it and its out of your shelf space.  I kept my old one as I am looking for the replacement stuff for the inside so I can rebuild it and have a spare, or use it for a different setup, but if I didn't have a use for it, it would have went to the recycle depot. 

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