High voltage ยท Transmission and substation
We buy high-voltage cable and transmission conductor.
Above 15 kV the question stops being what the copper weighs and becomes what the cable is, who removed it, and what documentation travelled with it.
Call or text the buying desk954-740-1983
Classes69 kV to 345 kV
Also boughtBus and line conductor
FormReel, coil or loose
Read onTag, route, test record
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 · High Voltage
Reviewed by a buyerTell us what you have and where it sits. Nothing is moved until written lot terms are agreed.
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Line conductor is not cable
Conductor on a transmission line is bare metal, usually aluminium strands over a steel core or an alloy core. It is bought on size, stranding, metal content and the condition of the outer strands, and it is priced closer to metal than to cable; cable is insulated and shielded, and its value depends on the insulation system surviving the removal. Mixing the two in one description slows everything down.
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Substation yards and the old duct banks
A yard rebuild produces bus bar, jumpers, flexible braid and tube, most of it aluminium, some of it copper, all of it heavy and awkward. Under the streets the story is older: paper-insulated lead-covered cable in duct banks, and in some places high-pressure pipe-type cable with its pots and its oil; both are bought, and both need to be described before they are moved. Say which of the two you have before anyone quotes a weight.
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Why 69, 138 and 345 kV have separate pages
The voltage class tells you the insulation thickness, and the insulation thickness tells you the drum size, the bend radius, the weight and the transport problem. A 69 kV drum can travel on a flatbed; a 345 kV drum is a permitted load with a route and an escort decision attached. Joints, terminations and test records also differ by class, and so does the price of getting it wrong.
Questions
Answers before you send anything.
If your question is not here, call the desk. A buyer answers, not a call centre.
Who has to remove the cable before you take it?
A qualified crew, under the owner's switching procedure. Nothing at this class is handled live, and nothing is moved until it is de-energised, discharged, grounded and released in writing by the crew that did the work. We buy the material, we do not perform the removal.
Do you buy a partial drum of transmission cable?
Yes. Remaining footage, drum condition and whether the cable end was sealed decide most of it. A sealed end on a sound drum travelling on its own flange is a much better object than the same footage loose on a broken drum. Photograph the flange and the stencil.
What happens to the oil in pipe-type cable?
It is drained and handled by the crew retiring the circuit, under the owner's environmental procedure. We buy the cable and the fittings; the fluid is not ours to move and is not part of the lot description.
Do you need the test records?
They help. A route, a class, a test record and a mill tag make a documented lot, and a documented lot is read as surplus rather than as salvage. Without them the cable is still bought, on the jacket print, the drum stencil and the weight.
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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.
954-740-1983 Call or text
- 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