Wire types ยท Six families, nineteen pages
We buy electrical wire by the family.
Nineteen wire pages in six families. The quickest route to a number is to find your wire on this index and read what decides its value before you photograph anything.
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FamiliesSix
Wire types19
Building wire range14 AWG to 1000 kcmil
Also indexed69 kV to 345 kV
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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 · Wire Types
Reviewed by a buyerTell us what you have and where it sits. Nothing is moved until written lot terms are agreed.
01
Building wire
The bulk of any contractor's leftover rack. Single-conductor wire pulled through conduit, in copper or aluminium, bought on gauge, insulation and footage remaining. Partial reels dominate: the last fifty feet of a thousand-foot pull.
02
Armoured and sheathed
Cable with its own mechanical protection, from interlocked armour to portable rubber cord. Usually bought by the reel, and usually the easiest thing to identify on sight.
03
Underground and service
Conductor built to sit in the ground or carry the service drop. Jacket integrity and water exposure decide these lots more than footage does, so a wet reel is read on the copper and a dry one on the length still printed on the tag.
04
Industrial and control
Multi-conductor cable from panels, skids, drives and fabrication bays. Shielded or not, paired or not, and priced on the printing rather than on appearance, because the print carries the shield type and the pair count a buyer needs.
05
Grounding
Bare conductor, solid or stranded, from a grounding electrode conductor to heavy bus. Clean copper is the whole story here. Cut lengths and stripped ends are normal, so long as the metal is still bright.
06
Solar and pumps
Cable built for permanent outdoor service: UV-rated PV conductor, dual-rated USE-2, and the flat or round drop that hangs down a well. Both are read on jacket condition first.
Questions
Answers before you send anything.
If your question is not here, call the desk. A buyer answers, not a call centre.
My pallet has four different wire types on it. Do I need to sort it?
It helps, but it is not a condition of buying. Sorted reels are read one by one and usually come out better. A mixed pallet is bought as a mixture, with the copper and aluminium separated if possible and the tags kept with each reel.
The jacket print is worn off. Can you still identify it?
Often. Conductor stranding, insulation thickness, armour and overall diameter all narrow it down, and the reel tag usually confirms it. Where it cannot be identified, it is bought on metal content rather than as a named wire type.
Are part rolls of NM-B worth collecting?
Yes, in quantity. Romex offcuts are the most common thing on a residential truck, and they add up across a season. A single half roll travels as freight; a pallet of them is a normal lot.
What if my wire is not on this list?
Send it anyway. The index covers what we see most, not everything we buy. A description, the jacket print and a photograph of the reel face is usually enough for a buyer to place it.
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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