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Used Chillers for Sale in Florida: A Buyer's Guide
Florida is one of the best markets in the country to buy a used commercial chiller. Here's where the units come from, what they cost, and how to buy one without getting burned.
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Buyer guides for used industrial equipment — used chillers, boilers, generators, and cooling towers for sale in Florida and nationwide. Pricing, inspection, sizing, and sourcing.
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Buying a Used Chiller in Florida: What to Know First
Before you buy a used chiller in Florida, know these things: the climate math, the refrigerant traps, the rigging cost, and how to tell a good unit from a repainted one.
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How Much Does a Used Commercial Chiller Cost?
Real ballpark prices for used commercial chillers by tonnage, type, refrigerant, and condition — plus the hidden costs that turn a cheap unit into an expensive one.
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The Used Chiller Buying Checklist
A field-tested checklist for buying a used commercial chiller — nameplate data, run history, inspection points, refrigerant, rigging, and paperwork. Print it before you buy.
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What to Inspect Before Buying a Used Chiller
The mechanical inspection points that actually predict whether a used chiller will run another 15 years — tube bundles, compressor oil, controls, and the stuff paint hides.
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Reconditioned vs Used Chiller: Which Should You Buy?
Reconditioned costs more than as-is used — but which one is actually right for you depends on whether you have a service crew and how much downtime risk you can take.
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The Best Used Chiller Brands to Buy
York, Carrier, Trane, McQuay, Daikin, Multistack, Johnson Controls — which used chiller brands hold up, which are easy to service, and which to buy for your application.
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Air-Cooled vs Water-Cooled Used Chillers
Air-cooled or water-cooled? The right used chiller depends on your tonnage, your site, your water access, and — in Florida — how hard the salt air and humidity hit.
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How to Size a Used Chiller for Your Building
Bigger isn't safer. Here's how to size a used chiller to your real load — including the Florida humidity factor that makes oversizing an expensive mistake.
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Buying a Used Centrifugal Chiller
Centrifugal chillers are the workhorses of big commercial cooling. Here's what to check, what to pay, and how to buy one used without inheriting someone else's problem.
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Buying a Used Screw Chiller
Screw chillers own the mid-tonnage range and shine on part-load. Here's what to inspect, what a used one costs, and how to buy one without inheriting a worn rotor set.
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Used Chiller Refrigerants Explained: R-134a, R-22, and More
The refrigerant inside a used chiller tells you how future-proof it is. Here's a plain-English guide to R-134a, R-1234ze, R-513A, R-22, and R-123 for buyers.
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Cost to Install a Used Chiller in Florida
The sticker price is only half the story. Here's what rigging, delivery, connection, and Florida sales tax really add to a used chiller install — with real numbers.
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Used Chillers in Miami: Where to Buy and What to Pay
Miami runs its chillers year-round — hotels, hospitals, condos, and ports never stop cooling. Here's where to source used units and what to pay in the 305.
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Used Chillers in Orlando: Buyer's Guide
Orlando's theme parks, hospitals, hotels, and data centers run enormous cooling loads. Here's where to source used chillers and what to pay in Central Florida.
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Used Chillers in Tampa: Where to Buy
Tampa Bay's hospitals, port, universities, and downtown towers run heavy cooling loads. Here's where to source used chillers and what to pay on the Gulf coast.
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Used Chillers in Jacksonville, FL
Jacksonville's port, hospitals, logistics base, and downtown towers run big cooling loads. Here's where to source used chillers and what to pay in Northeast Florida.
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Used Chillers in Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale's hotels, hospitals, cruise port, and marine industry run cooling year-round. Here's where to source used chillers and what to pay in Broward County.
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Where to Buy Used Chillers in Florida
Auctions, brokers, HVAC contractors, or direct-from-decommissioning. Here's where used chillers actually come from in Florida and which channel gets you the best unit for the money.
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20 Questions to Ask When Buying a Used Chiller
The right questions separate a great used chiller from an expensive mistake. Here are the 20 we'd ask any seller before wiring a dollar.
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Do Used Chillers Come With a Warranty?
Some used chillers come with real coverage, some are strictly as-is, and knowing the difference protects your capital. Here's how used-chiller warranties actually work.
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Buying a Used Chiller for a Warehouse or Plant
Warehouses and plants don't need hospital-grade redundancy — they need reliable tonnage at a sane price. Here's how to buy a used chiller for industrial space in Florida.
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Used Chillers for Hotels and Hospitality in Florida
Florida hotels run their chillers hard, year-round, in humidity that never quits. Here's how to buy a used chiller that keeps guests cool without blowing the capital budget.
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Used Chillers for Data Centers
Data centers punish weak cooling. A used chiller can work here, but only with the right redundancy, controls, and run history. Here's how to buy one that holds up.
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Buying a Used Process Chiller: A Practical Guide
Process chillers cool machines, not people, and that changes everything about how you buy one. Here's what actually matters for used process cooling in Florida.
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10 Red Flags When Buying a Used Chiller
Some used chillers are a steal. Others are a compressor failure waiting for a new owner. Here are the 10 warning signs that should slow you down or kill the deal.
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New vs Used Chiller: The Real Cost Comparison
New chiller quotes stopped at the sticker price. Here's the real, all-in cost comparison between new and used commercial chillers, including the numbers salesmen skip.
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Used Chiller Delivery and Rigging in Florida
The chiller price is only half the job. Here's what delivery and rigging a used chiller actually costs in Florida, plus the permit, weight, and access details that blow budgets.
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How a Used Chiller Is Tested Before Sale
"Ran when pulled" is not a test. Here's exactly how we test a used chiller before we sell it — megger readings, oil analysis, and the checks that separate a good unit from a gamble.
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Used Cooling Towers for Sale in Florida
Used cooling towers are one of the best value buys in Florida industrial cooling. Here's what BAC, Marley, and Evapco units cost used, and what to inspect before you buy.
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Used Air Handlers (AHUs) for Sale
Used air handlers are cheap, plentiful, and easy to buy well — if you match the airflow and coil to your system. Here's what AHUs cost used and what to inspect first.
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Used Industrial Boilers for Sale in Florida
Used industrial boilers can save 50 percent or more over new — if the pressure vessel is sound and the paperwork is right. Here's what Cleaver-Brooks and Fulton units cost used.
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Used Industrial Generators for Sale in Florida
In Florida, backup power isn't optional — it's hurricane insurance. Here's what used industrial generators cost, which brands hold up, and what to check before you buy.
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Used Switchgear for Sale in Florida
Used switchgear and transformers can save a fortune over new — with long lead times avoided entirely. Here's what Square D, Eaton, and ABB gear costs used and what to verify.
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Buying Used Transformers: A Practical Guide
Used transformers are one of the best-value buys in a plant decommissioning. Here's how to read the nameplate, avoid PCB and winding problems, and pay the right number.
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Used Industrial HVAC Equipment in Florida
Chillers, cooling towers, air handlers, and boilers pulled from Florida plant decommissionings sell for a fraction of new. Here's what to buy and how to buy it right.
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Buying Equipment From a Closing Plant or Facility
A closing plant is full of serviceable equipment priced to move. Here's how to buy it smart — sourcing, testing, rigging, and timing before the doors lock.
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