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[John Schalk]

My cousin has an A/V business (weddings, corporate functions, etc) and, while he now owns cases of LED parcans, he has about 90 aluminum par56 cans with 300 watt MFLs that he doesn't use anymore.  They have edison connectors and do not have C-clamps and the question is, what can my cousin do with them?  Is there even a market for incandescent parcans anymore?  If there is, can someone point me in the right direction.  Can he try donating them to a school or church or are they worth the price of scrap aluminum now?  Basically he wants to reclaim the space these are taking up in his shop, so I'm hoping someone here has a suggestion for what to do with them.

[Brian Jojade]

Pretty low demand for them right now, as everyone is buying LEDs for obvious reasons, even though they can be significantly more expensive.

Depending on the condition, you can maybe still sell them for around $20 a piece, if you're patient and wait for the right buyer. Probably will only sell a couple at a time to each buyer though, and shipping would make the cost unreasonable.

Selling the bulk lot is probably not going to get much. There's a listing on eBay right now, 78 cans with lamps with a starting bid of $500 an no takers.

Taking the lamps out and selling a box of lamps may be easier to do, as lamps are getting harder to find.

 It starts to become a question of whether it's worth the effort of trying to sell them vs just taking them to the scrap yard.

[Tim Weaver]

I ran over one with a scissor lift just to watch it die.

I don't really have any help for you. I just like to hear myself talk sometimes.....

[John Schalk]

I ran over one with a scissor lift just to watch it die.

I don't really have any help for you. I just like to hear myself talk sometimes.....

No worries, I figured my post for a shot in the dark.  I've seen a few listings for "Pete's Lights" rigs on FB Marketplaces, with no takers.  Selling the lamps separately might be the best option.

Any thoughts on listing them as "free to good home"?  The main problem I see with that is dealing with all of the tire kickers, but are there any other traps?

[Jeff Lelko]

Hi John, I'm sure you can find a school, church, or community theater that would greatly accept a donation.  Depending on how you categorize your business you might be able to get a tax write-off for the donation, but otherwise I don't think you'll get much actual money for these.  Oftentimes as I think you know the shop space is more valuable than the equipment being stored!

[John L Nobile]

I've got a couple of dozen old PAR 64 cans that I'm never going to use. I'm just going to let the scrap guy pick them up.

[Don T. Williams]

I sold a lot of empty 56 and 64 cans to customers that attach porcelain screw base light sockets to the screen in the par cans.  They wired the sockets to the edison cables and installed LED R or PAR lamps.  Several types of clients love them for the "look" of a theatrical or concert light but with current draw and low heat of an LED.  I'm pretty certain they won't pass UL listings, but the look good.

[Kemper Watson]

My cousin has an A/V business (weddings, corporate functions, etc) and, while he now owns cases of LED parcans, he has about 90 aluminum par56 cans with 300 watt MFLs that he doesn't use anymore.  They have edison connectors and do not have C-clamps and the question is, what can my cousin do with them?  Is there even a market for incandescent parcans anymore?  If there is, can someone point me in the right direction.  Can he try donating them to a school or church or are they worth the price of scrap aluminum now?  Basically he wants to reclaim the space these are taking up in his shop, so I'm hoping someone here has a suggestion for what to do with them.

I kept 8 to use on some small shows that happen here early March. They heat up the inside of a box truck really nice..

[James Feenstra]

I scraped a few dozen par 64s a few years ago. If I recall correctly I got about $2-3 each for the aluminum.

Easiest way to get rid of them. I tried to sell them for months on various sites (kijiji, ebay, etc) for ~$15-20 each and had no bites

[Tim McCulloch]

We made a big pile of them on our back dock *some still on the 6-bars* after selling about 4 dozen as garden planters (I guess it's the industrial look).  I think we had 240 of them.  The truss has more value than the fixtures.

[John Schalk]

The truss has more value than the fixtures.

My cousin's parcans are stored in four large road cases.  I think he was using them mainly as individual fixtures for up lighting and other "room decoration" use cases before he switched to LED pars.  He can't bring himself to scrap them yet.  I did suggest that he take a few to the local community theater group to see if they will take them off of his hands.  I shared this thread with him, so thanks for the responses everybody.

[Tim Hite]

Make floor or pendant lamps by adding E26 sockets

I've been meaning to make a few and haven't had time

Give them to a local artist to make something cool if you can't figure it out. Artsy folk are always looking for materials and inspiration.

[John Schalk]

Give them to a local artist to make something cool if you can't figure it out. Artsy folk are always looking for materials and inspiration.

I wonder if our local Habitat for Humanity Restore would take them?  As we all know, the issue with listing something as "free" brings in all kinds of hassles, but since my cousin can't bring himself to scrap his parcans, maybe giving them to a non-theatrical charity is something he would consider.

[John L Nobile]

Leave them outside with a sign that says "For Sale $100.00" and someone will steal them. If you put a sign that says "Free" no one will take them.

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