Guides ยท For the seller
Guides for people holding surplus cable.
Eight guides in the order a seller actually needs them: identify the cable, estimate the footage, understand what drives value, protect it, then present it properly.
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GuidesEight
Start withReading a reel tag
ThenFootage by weight
Before callingPhotos and a manifest
Get a buy quote
Send the reel list. A buyer reads it.
Six details are enough to start. Tags and photos can follow by text or email once a buyer has looked at the basics.
- A buyer reviews the lot: construction, footage and condition, not only metal weight
- Copper and aluminium, 600 V building wire through 345 kV cable
- Full reels, partial reels, cut lengths, pallets and truckloads
- No fee, no obligation, and no automatic pickup
Reel list · Guides
Reviewed by a buyerTell us what you have and where it sits. Nothing is moved until written lot terms are agreed.
01
What you have
Identification comes first, because every later question depends on it: the tag is the authority, the jacket print is the fallback, and the metal is the last resort. These three pages cover the tag, the difference between copper and aluminium, and the ratings that decide how fire-rated cable is read.
02
What it weighs, what it is worth, how to keep it
Footage can be estimated from weight and conductor size, and that estimate is usually enough to start a conversation. Value then depends on condition, and condition in this climate is mostly a storage question. Medium voltage adds a safety step that comes before either; a reel that stood in water is a different lot from one that was covered.
03
How to present it
Presentation is the cheapest improvement available. A manifest that lists reels, footage and condition lets a buyer price the whole lot without a site visit, and a set of photographs taken in a fixed order answers the questions that would otherwise be asked one at a time. Five photographs, always in the same order, do the job of a site visit.
Questions
Answers before you send anything.
If your question is not here, call the desk. A buyer answers, not a call centre.
Do I need to read the guides in order?
Only if the lot is large or you are unsure what it is. Each guide stands alone, and the eight together follow the sequence a lot goes through: identify, measure, value, protect, present. Start where your question is.
The reel tag is missing. Is the cable worthless?
No, but it is read differently. Without a tag the buyer works from the jacket print, the conductor, the drum stencil and the weight. The footage becomes an estimate rather than a fact, and estimates are priced with a margin for being wrong.
Do I need the manifest before asking for a quote?
It is not a requirement. It is the fastest way to a useful answer, because it removes the back-and-forth over footage and condition. A short list plus photographs beats a long description every time, and a buyer will ask for the same details either way.
The safety guide is about medium voltage. Does it apply to 600 V?
The switching discipline does not, but the habits do: confirm the circuit is dead, discharge anything with capacitance, and tag what you have removed. At 600 V the risk is different, not absent, and the same paperwork protects the lot.
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No fee · no obligation
You have the cable. We have a scale and a check.
Send the reel list, the tags or a photograph of the pallet. A buyer comes back with what the lot is worth and how pickup would work, before anything is moved.
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- Reel tags, or the print on the jacket
- Reel count and footage, even roughly
- Where it sits and what can reach it
- Whether the cable is still energised