Surplus Wire Buyers for Electrical Contractors in South Carolina

What contractors actually accumulate

('What contractors actually accumulate', ["A working electrical contractor's shop holds a predictable mix: 12/2 and 12/3 MC from a commercial buildout, partial THHN spools in six colors, a 4/0 SER reel from a service upgrade, leftover 8/3 MC, and a few boxes of low-voltage cable from a lighting control job. None of it is scrap, and none of it moves fast enough to justify the shelf space.", 'We buy that inventory as a lot or item by item. Because we price line by line, you can see exactly which items are worth selling and which are not worth the freight.'])

('Service work produces the highest-value leftovers', ["Service electricians generate large conductor surplus: 4/0 SER, 350 MCM service cable, 250 MCM copper feeders, and the occasional medium voltage run for a small industrial customer. These items carry most of the value in a contractor's yard and are the first thing we look at.", 'If a service upgrade changed the required size mid-job, the original reel may be nearly full. That is the ideal item to sell, because it is a standard product in a standard length.'])

('Clearing a shop without disrupting it', ['Most contractors do not want a disruption. We schedule pickup around your work, send photographs of what was taken, and can work from a list you provide between jobs rather than requiring a full inventory count.', 'If you are retiring, relocating or consolidating two shops into one, we handle complete inventories including shelving contents, and we leave the shelving behind.'])

Service work produces the highest-value leftovers

('What contractors actually accumulate', ["A working electrical contractor's shop holds a predictable mix: 12/2 and 12/3 MC from a commercial buildout, partial THHN spools in six colors, a 4/0 SER reel from a service upgrade, leftover 8/3 MC, and a few boxes of low-voltage cable from a lighting control job. None of it is scrap, and none of it moves fast enough to justify the shelf space.", 'We buy that inventory as a lot or item by item. Because we price line by line, you can see exactly which items are worth selling and which are not worth the freight.'])

('Service work produces the highest-value leftovers', ["Service electricians generate large conductor surplus: 4/0 SER, 350 MCM service cable, 250 MCM copper feeders, and the occasional medium voltage run for a small industrial customer. These items carry most of the value in a contractor's yard and are the first thing we look at.", 'If a service upgrade changed the required size mid-job, the original reel may be nearly full. That is the ideal item to sell, because it is a standard product in a standard length.'])

('Clearing a shop without disrupting it', ['Most contractors do not want a disruption. We schedule pickup around your work, send photographs of what was taken, and can work from a list you provide between jobs rather than requiring a full inventory count.', 'If you are retiring, relocating or consolidating two shops into one, we handle complete inventories including shelving contents, and we leave the shelving behind.'])

Clearing a shop without disrupting it

('What contractors actually accumulate', ["A working electrical contractor's shop holds a predictable mix: 12/2 and 12/3 MC from a commercial buildout, partial THHN spools in six colors, a 4/0 SER reel from a service upgrade, leftover 8/3 MC, and a few boxes of low-voltage cable from a lighting control job. None of it is scrap, and none of it moves fast enough to justify the shelf space.", 'We buy that inventory as a lot or item by item. Because we price line by line, you can see exactly which items are worth selling and which are not worth the freight.'])

('Service work produces the highest-value leftovers', ["Service electricians generate large conductor surplus: 4/0 SER, 350 MCM service cable, 250 MCM copper feeders, and the occasional medium voltage run for a small industrial customer. These items carry most of the value in a contractor's yard and are the first thing we look at.", 'If a service upgrade changed the required size mid-job, the original reel may be nearly full. That is the ideal item to sell, because it is a standard product in a standard length.'])

('Clearing a shop without disrupting it', ['Most contractors do not want a disruption. We schedule pickup around your work, send photographs of what was taken, and can work from a list you provide between jobs rather than requiring a full inventory count.', 'If you are retiring, relocating or consolidating two shops into one, we handle complete inventories including shelving contents, and we leave the shelving behind.'])

Typical inventory from this sector

• Partial spools of THHN and THWN-2 in every color
• MC and AC cable coils from commercial jobs
• SER and SEU service cable reels
• Large conductor from service upgrades, 4/0 through 500 MCM
• XHHW-2 feeder cable
• Portable cord and welding cable
• Low-voltage, fire alarm and data cable boxes
• Discontinued colors and slow-moving sizes
• Cancelled project reels, still sealed
• Rental and temporary power cable

How this material is evaluated

Three things decide the offer: what the cable is, how much is left, and whether it can still be used. Documentation helps, but it is not a substitute for condition.