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Cable type, conductor, voltage class, size, footage or reel count, condition and the city. Photographs of tags help.
Austin, Texas · surplus cable buyers
We buy surplus electrical cable in Austin, Texas
Reels, part reels, bus duct and medium voltage cable from contractors, fabs, data centers and demolition crews across Greater Austin. Send what you have. A buyer reviews the lot against the cable itself, not against a stock number.
- 600 V to 345 kV
- Reels, pallets, truckloads
- New, partial, removed
- No fee to submit
- Buyers, not brokersA buyer reviews the construction, footage and condition of your lot.
- Copper and aluminumBuilding wire through 345 kV transmission cable.
- Every conditionNew surplus, partial reels, removed and decommissioned cable.
- Greater AustinSix counties, one buying desk, scheduled pickup.
Buying desk · Greater Austin and Central Texas
Tell us what is on the rack
Six details are enough to start: what the cable is, how much there is, where it is and what condition it is in. Photos can follow by text or email.
Prefer to talk 954-740-1983
01 · The premise
The Austin buying hub
Austin is buying cable faster than it can use it
The current build cycle in Central Texas is unusually electrical. A semiconductor fab at Taylor, the vehicle plant in southeast Travis County, the data center corridor along SH-130 and SH-71, hospital and university expansions, and subdivision after subdivision on the edges. Each one buys cable by the reel.
Projects also change. A tool layout moves, a tenant takes a different floor plate, a switchgear package is resized, a phase is deferred. What is left is new cable that nobody will issue, sitting on a rack or under a tarp.
That is the cable we buy. Not scrap by default, and not retail stock. We look at the construction, the tag, the remaining length and the jacket before deciding whether a reel goes back into service, gets respooled, or is recovered for its metal.
The difference matters to a seller. A tagged 500 kcmil XHHW-2 reel and the same weight of cut copper are not the same lot, and they should not be quoted as if they were.
02 · What we buy
All 44 categories
Cable families the desk reviews every week
Forty-four categories, from building wire to 345 kV transmission cable. Each page explains what we look for in that family.
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Medium voltage cable
5 kV to 35 kV feeder, URD and shielded cable.
Review this lot type02Transmission conductor
Overhead line conductor reels from reconductor work and line upgrades.
Review this lot type03Data center power cable
Large copper feeders, whips and grounding from halls.
Review this lot type04Bus duct and busway
Feeder and plug-in busway, sections and fittings.
Review this lot type05Feeder cable
Large feeder, single and multi-conductor, paralleled sets.
Review this lot type06THHN and THWN wire
Building wire in spools, boxes and cut lengths.
Review this lot type07XHHW and XHHW-2 wire
Cross-linked polyethylene feeder and service wire.
Review this lot type08Tray cable
TC and TC-ER power and control cable from plants.
Review this lot type09Demolition and teardown cable
Mixed teardown cable, sorted and quoted by recovery.
Review this lot type10Grounding grid conductor
Bare copper grid conductor, rods and connections.
Review this lot type11Switchgear and padmount cable
Cable cut out of switchgear and padmount changeouts.
Review this lot type12Solar PV cable
PV wire and DC feeder from resized arrays.
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03 · Where we buy
Every service area
From downtown towers to the SH-130 edge
Thirty place pages, each with its own building stock, utilities and access realities.
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Downtown Austin
Riser, service entrance and bus duct cable
Review this lot type02East Austin
Teardown building wire and MC
Review this lot type03Round Rock
Feeder, tray and warehouse overstock
Review this lot type04Cedar Park
Control, instrumentation and VFD cable
Review this lot type05Pflugerville
Medium voltage feeder and bus duct
Review this lot type06Georgetown
URD, MV distribution and PV wire
Review this lot type07Taylor
Fab MV feeder, bus duct and cleanroom cable
Review this lot type08San Marcos
Institutional feeder and retail service cable
Review this lot type09Leander
URD, USE-2 and SER cable
Review this lot type10Kyle
Subdivision URD and warehouse overstock
Review this lot type11Bastrop
Campus construction surplus and rebuild salvage
Review this lot type12The Domain
Tenant-improvement MC and busway
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04 · How it works
Four steps, no obligation
Nothing is bought, moved or scheduled until written lot terms are agreed.
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Buyer review
We check the construction against the tag, the length against the footage, and the jacket against how it was stored.
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Lot terms
You get terms in writing for the lot as described, including what happens if the cable on site differs from the list.
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Pickup or freight
We schedule the truck, the forklift question and the paperwork. You keep the loading dock clear.
05 · Seller situations
All situations
If the cable is in the way, it is a lot
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Partial reels
Every job ends with a reel that is neither full nor empty.
Review this lot type02Cancelled and deferred projects
Reels still banded on the dock, with the invoice attached.
Review this lot type03Warehouse overstock
Dead stock that has not moved in years and is taking up racking.
Review this lot type04Plant closure and decommissioning
Cable released in the order systems are de-energised.
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06 · Before you send
All guides
Practical reading for sellers
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Reading a reel tag
Which fields on the tag a buyer actually reads, and what to do when it is gone.
Review this lot type02Footage by weight
The arithmetic for estimating remaining length when the printed tag is missing.
Review this lot type03Copper versus aluminum
Why two reels of the same size are not the same lot, and how each metal is reviewed.
Review this lot type04Paralleling large feeders
What keeps a paralleled feeder set usable and what breaks it up.
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07 · Questions
What sellers ask first
Do you buy partial reels?
Yes. A part reel with a readable tag and clean jacket is reviewed as cable. A part reel with damaged wraps and no tag is usually reviewed on recovery. Either way, list it. Partial reels are a large share of what the desk buys.
What if the reel tags are missing?
Send photographs of the jacket print, the conductor and the reel, and tell us what the cable was feeding. A buyer can often identify the construction from the print. Missing tags lower the confidence of a review, so the offer reflects that.
Do you buy cable that is still installed?
No. We buy cable that has been removed, de-energised and made available for pickup. Removal and lockout stay with the seller or the demolition contractor. Once it is on the ground and documented, the lot can be reviewed.
How is a lot valued?
On what the cable is, how much of it there is, and whether it can be reused as cable. Construction, voltage class, conductor metal, remaining length, jacket condition and documentation all move a reel between reuse, respool and recovery.
Do you buy outside Austin?
Yes. The desk covers Travis, Williamson, Hays, Bastrop, Caldwell and Burnet counties, from Georgetown and Taylor to San Marcos, Bastrop and Marble Falls. Pickup is scheduled across the region.
Is there a fee to send a lot?
No. Sending the details costs nothing and there is no obligation. Nothing is bought, moved or scheduled until written lot terms are agreed.
Buying desk · Greater Austin and Central Texas
Send the reel list
Six details are enough to start: what the cable is, how much there is, where it is and what condition it is in. Photos can follow by text or email.
Prefer to talk 954-740-1983