Wire we buy
SELL BARE AND INSULATED COPPER WIRE
Grounding conductors, bare copper, welding cable and stripped copper scrap from a project all have a home — but they are not priced the same way.
Overview
Bare copper is the grounding and bonding conductor of a project: bare solid and stranded copper in sizes from #14 up through 500 MCM, soft-drawn or hard-drawn, sometimes tinned. Insulated copper covers the rest — THHN, XHHW, RHW, USE, welding cable and portable cord — where the copper is still under a jacket. Both are worth quoting, and the difference between them matters.
We buy bare copper in full coils, partial coils and loose bundles, and we buy insulated copper on reels and in cut lengths. If the copper has already been stripped, say so and tell us roughly how it is bundled. If it is still insulated, the insulation type and conductor size help us understand what the material is before anyone cuts into it.
Welding cable deserves its own line. It is flexible, usually 2 through 4/0, and often sits in a shop after a machine is replaced. It is bought as cable, not as scrap, when the jacket is intact and the length is usable.
What we buy
Bare and insulated copper we purchase in Utah
- Bare copper: solid and stranded, soft-drawn and hard-drawn, tinned and untinned
- Grounding and bonding conductors, including green-insulated ground
- Insulated copper building wire and feeder conductor
- Welding cable in 2 through 4/0
- Stripped copper in bundles, barrels or on pallets
- Coils, spools and loose lengths from project surplus
Keep the fittings out of the bundle
Lugs, connectors and hardware attached to the copper slow everything down. If they are easy to remove, remove them before the material is loaded.
Before you send it
Details that speed up a quote
None of this is mandatory. It is simply what lets us answer with a number instead of a follow-up question.
- Bare, tinned or insulated — and if insulated, the jacket marking
- Conductor size, strand count if it is bare stranded
- Approximate weight if the material has been weighed, otherwise footage or coil count
- How it is packaged: coils, spools, bundles, barrels or pallets
- Whether the copper is clean or has fittings, lugs and connectors attached
- Photos of a coil end and the overall pile or pallet
Where this material comes from in Utah
We buy bare and insulated copper from contractors, distributors, manufacturers, industrial facilities, utilities, data centers, and construction or demolition firms across the state. Pickup and shipping are arranged once the material and the price are agreed.
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Quote my surplus bare and insulated copper
Send the reel details and a few photos. If the material is a fit, we will come back with pricing and logistics for your location in Utah.