We buy surplus MC cable
Metal-clad cable is bought on armour type and conductor count first. Whether the coils are still factory tied matters as much as how much copper is inside them.
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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 954-740-1983MC cable solves a problem that conduit does not: it carries its own armour, it bends around obstacles and it goes in fast. That is why every commercial interior in the city uses it, and why every fit-out leaves coils and cut-offs behind when the tenant moves in.
The category splits cleanly. Factory coils are still tied, still labeled and still usable as a run. Cut lengths from a fit-out have been dragged through a ceiling, stripped at the ends and bent past their radius. The first group reviews as material for installation, the second as recovery.
Armour type, conductor count and the size range
MC, MC-AP and the health-care grade HCF all appear, in aluminum and steel armour, from twelve two up through large multi-conductor configurations to five hundred kcmil. The armour metal changes the weight and the recovery, and the conductor count changes what the cable can be used for.
Write the configuration the way the trade writes it: gauge and conductor count, with or without ground. A coil marked twelve two with ground is unambiguous. One marked assorted MC is not, and it will be reviewed as a mixed lot until someone opens it.
Factory coils against cut lengths from a fit-out
A factory coil arrives banded, labeled and wound evenly, often in a box. It can go straight onto another job. A cut length from a fit-out has been pulled through framing, stapled, bent and cut, and it usually has a foot or two of conductors exposed at each end with the armour cut back.
Keep the two apart on the rack. A pallet that mixes factory coils with fit-out offcuts gets reviewed at the level of the offcuts, because nobody can tell from the outside how much of the pallet is good. Two pallets, each described honestly, review far better than one mixed one.
Why HCF is reviewed on its own
Health-care grade cable carries an aluminum grounding path in contact with the armour along its whole length, which is what makes it acceptable in patient care areas. That construction is not interchangeable with ordinary MC, and it is bought by people who need that specific listing.
So list HCF separately, note the print on the armour and keep the coils whole. A hospital fit-out or a clinic refurbishment produces HCF in modest quantities, and those coils are worth more than the same footage of standard MC simply because the application is narrower.
What this page covers
The rows a buyer would fill in when reviewing this kind of lot. If your cable matches most of them, the submission is ready.
| Voltage rating | 600 V |
|---|---|
| Configurations | 2 to 4 conductor, with or without ground |
| Sizes reviewed | 14 AWG to 500 kcmil |
| Condition flags | Crushed armour, cut coils, missing conductors |
| Site type | Commercial interiors, hospitals, schools |
Interiors, hospitals and schools across the metro
Tenant fit-outs downtown and in the office parks along SH-45 and US-183 generate MC in quantity, usually as offcuts in a site container at handover. A single floor of a tower can leave a pallet of short pieces that nobody wants to move twice.
Hospital and school work adds HCF, and those jobs run to longer schedules with more leftover factory coils. The medical district and the suburban districts out toward Round Rock and Cedar Park are the usual locations, and both load from a dock rather than a street.
Sellers ask
How is HCF different from ordinary MC?
It carries an aluminum grounding conductor in continuous contact with the armour, which is what allows it in patient care areas. That listing is why it is reviewed separately and why the coils are worth keeping whole and labeled.
Do damaged coils still get reviewed?
Yes, at a lower standing. Crushed armour means the conductors inside may be deformed, and a coil that has been run over is hard to assess. Keep damaged coils separate, photograph the damage and do not mix them with sound stock.
Are short fit-out offcuts worth collecting?
They are. Fit-out offcuts are the commonest MC item on any commercial job, and they add up across a floor. Coil them, band them and count them by configuration so they can be reviewed as a group rather than as a pile.
Does aluminum armour change the review?
It changes the weight and the recovery arithmetic, and it is worth noting on the list. Both armour types are reviewed, but a mixed lot that does not say which is which gets treated as the lighter construction until it is checked.
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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