Wire Types ยท Feeder Cable
We buy feeder cable.
Feeder is a job description rather than a cable type. It is whatever carries power from a service to a panel or a switchboard, which makes the lots as varied as the buildings.
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Voltage class600 V to 1 kV
Sizes1/0 to 1000 kcmil
ConductorsSingle or multi-conductor
Common lotRemoved runs and part reels
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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 · Feeder Cable
Reviewed by a buyerTell us what you have and where it sits. Nothing is moved until written lot terms are agreed.
A feeder is the run between a service and the equipment it serves: service to switchboard, switchboard to panel, panel to a chiller or a subfeed. The role is defined by the one-line rather than the jacket, so feeder cable arrives as tray-rated multi-conductor, as single conductors in conduit, as armoured cable and as service entrance cable in smaller sizes. 600 V to 1 kV, 1/0 to 1000 kcmil, copper or aluminum.
Switchgear replacements, chiller swaps and warehouse re-feeds are where the volume is. A crew pulls the old feeder to the dock, buys new cable for the new route, and leaves the removed run and the surplus on the same pallet.
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What a switchboard replacement puts on the dock
A switchgear or switchboard swap is the richest feeder job there is. Every circuit that lands on the gear has a conductor, and every conductor gets cut when the gear moves. Most of it leaves the building in a day, which means it leaves in whatever state the crew was in when they pulled it.
- Removed feeder from switchgear to panel
- Part reels bought for the new route
- Single conductors pulled out of conduit
- Multi-conductor tray-rated feeder
- Short tails cut at the terminations
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Copper or aluminum, and how many conductors
Metal is the first question on a feeder lot and conductor count is the second. Four 4/0 aluminum conductors in one assembly carry a great deal of copper-equivalent current and a fraction of the metal value, and a buyer needs both facts before quoting. A single-conductor pull in copper is a different asset altogether.
Size comes third. A 1/0 feeder is common and modest; a 750 or 1000 kcmil run is worth handling carefully, because a damaged large conductor loses more value than a damaged small one.
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Lugs, tape and the condition items
Feeder is cut at the ends, so the ends are where the damage is. Cable cut cleanly and taped is easy to read; cable cut with a torch or pulled until the strands birdcaged is a metal lot. Lugs left on the ends should be cut off and kept separately, because they are brass and they confuse a copper weight.
- Cuts clean with a saw rather than a torch
- Insulation intact along the run, not skinned in the pull
- No permanent kinks from a tight conduit bend
- Ends taped or capped against water
- Lugs removed and kept in their own box
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Proving footage on a pulled feeder
A pulled feeder rarely has a tag, so footage is worked out from what is measurable. The jacket print gives size and often a footage mark from manufacture, the conduit run gives an upper bound, and the weight gives a cross-check against conductor weight per thousand feet.
Where all three disagree, the weight wins. It is the one measurement that cannot be argued with, and it is taken on a certified scale with your representative present if you want one.
| Product | Range | Condition we take |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-conductor, copper | 1/0 to 750 kcmil | Reel, long cut, pulled run |
| Multi-conductor, aluminum | 1/0 to 1000 kcmil | Reel, pulled run |
| Single conductor, copper | 1/0 to 500 kcmil | Coil, reel, conduit pull |
| Single conductor, aluminum | 1/0 to 1000 kcmil | Coil, reel |
| Lugged or torch-cut ends | Any | Priced after inspection |
Questions
Answers before you send anything.
If your question is not here, call the desk. A buyer answers, not a call centre.
How should I describe a feeder lot?
Give the size, the number of conductors in each assembly, whether it is copper or aluminum, the insulation type, an honest length and whether the lugs are still on. Those six facts get a lot quoted without anyone driving out to look at it.
Do you buy feeder with the lugs still attached?
We do, and we cut them off before weighing so the copper figure is honest. Keeping them in a separate box speeds the lot up. A lug left on a cable is a small amount of brass in the wrong place.
Is aluminum feeder worth the trouble?
In volume, yes. A single aluminum run is a modest lot because the metal recovers less per pound, but a switchgear replacement can produce a pallet of it, and a pallet is worth a scheduled pickup.
Can you take feeder that was pulled out of conduit?
Usually. Pulled conductor is fine if it came out straight and the insulation is intact. Kinks and skinned jackets are what cost value, so coil it loosely and do not drag it across concrete to get it to the truck.
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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