Comal County ยท New Braunfels
We buy surplus wire in New Braunfels.
Hotel corridors, river-front rentals and restaurant kitchens are refitted on a seasonal clock in New Braunfels, and each refit leaves a small, awkward lot of cable that nobody has time to return.
Call or text the buying desk954-740-1983
CountyComal
What we see mostSmall mixed refit lots
Typical lotPickup load to pallet
AccessAlley, lot or back dock
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 · New Braunfels
Reviewed by a buyerTell us what you have and where it sits. Nothing is moved until written lot terms are agreed.
Comal County's building stock changes character block by block. Downtown holds stone commercial and old lodges; the I-35 frontage carries hotels, dealerships and restaurants; and the subdivisions pushing north and west are new enough that their first refit is still ahead of them. Hospitality work never fully stops, so cable comes out in small batches between bookings.
That makes New Braunfels a town of partial reels rather than tonnage. Six lengths of 12/2 left from a corridor re-lamp, a coil of 6 AWG for a kitchen change, a reel of feeder opened for a rooftop swap. Small lots are welcome; photograph each reel face and the count and it prices in one pass.
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Hospitality refits make small, frequent lots
A hotel does not close for an electrical upgrade. Rooms go out of service a wing at a time, and the electrician works around occupancy with a cart and a ladder. What comes back to the shop is a stack of short coils, a few half reels and whatever was left on the truck at the end of the week.
Individually none of it is a truckload. Together, across a season, it is. Several properties on the same frontage often share a contractor, and that contractor's storage bay is where the real lot sits.
- NM-B and MC from corridor and guest-room rewires
- Kitchen equipment and dishroom circuits, often in conduit
- Rooftop unit feeders and disconnect whip
- Fire-rated cable from corridor and stairwell work
- Pool, patio and exterior lighting conductor
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New subdivisions produce clean, boring cable
The residential side of Comal County is different work entirely. Production builders buy in pallet quantities and finish a phase with leftovers that are still banded, still tagged and still dry. That is the easiest material to value, because the footage is known and the jacket has never seen weather.
Keep it off the ground and out of the sun and it holds its condition. A banded pallet of NM-B in a garage reads as surplus; the same rolls piled behind a house for two summers read as salvage.
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What the buyer needs before quoting a small lot
For a mixed lot, the reel list is the whole conversation. Gauge, insulation, voltage class, approximate footage, copper or aluminium, and a photo of each tag. Where the footage is unknown, the reel diameter and the width of cable left on the barrel get close enough to start.
We will say plainly when a lot is not worth a truck, and often the honest answer for a few short coils is to add them to a bigger pickup nearby rather than send a vehicle for them alone.
- Gauge and conductor count, as printed on the jacket
- Insulation type and voltage class
- Footage from the tag, or the width of cable on the barrel
- Copper or aluminium, and whether the reels are mixed
- A photograph of every tag, taken before the reel moves
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Alleys, side lots and a town that is hard to park in
Downtown New Braunfels was laid out for wagons. A 53-foot trailer is not happening on those blocks, and a rear alley may be the only approach to a kitchen or a housekeeping dock. We send a box truck or a pickup with a lift gate and hand-carry the reels out.
On the I-35 frontage the opposite problem applies: plenty of room, but a lot shared with customers and delivery vans. An early morning window solves most of it. Tell us the address type and the access, and the truck matches it.
| Where it came from | What it usually is | How it arrives |
|---|---|---|
| Hotel or motel refit | 12/2 to 6/3 NM-B, MC, fire-rated | Coils, half reels |
| Restaurant equipment change | 8 AWG to 2 AWG THHN in conduit | Cut lengths |
| New subdivision phase | 14/2 to 6/3 NM-B, banded | Pallets, full rolls |
| Light commercial shell | 1/0 to 250 kcmil feeder | Partial reels |
| Shop or yard building | SER, URD, small feeder | Reels, loose coil |
Questions
Answers before you send anything.
If your question is not here, call the desk. A buyer answers, not a call centre.
Is a lot of six or seven part-wound reels worth a call?
Yes. Small lots are the normal case in a hospitality town, and several are often combined into one run along the I-35 frontage. Send the list and the photographs and a buyer will say whether it stands alone or waits for a fuller truck.
Can you collect from a property that is still open to guests?
That is how most of this work goes. We book a window that avoids check-in and service, use a side entrance or a service yard, and keep the loading quiet and brief. Nothing needs to be staged in a guest area.
The cable is a mix of copper and aluminium. Does that matter?
It matters for how we separate and value it, not for whether we buy it. Keep the two apart where you can, or tell us it is mixed and expect the lot to be sorted before it is priced. Labelling reels by metal saves a step.
What about cable pulled out of a building being demolished?
We buy it, and Comal County demolition tends to produce short runs rather than long ones because the buildings are small. Cut ends, damaged jacket and mixed gauges are all fine, but the lot should be off the ground and reasonably dry.
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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