Surplus cable buying desk · Houston, Texas
We buy surplus electrical wire across Greater Houston.
From one partial reel in Pasadena to a plant storeroom in Baytown. Plant power cable, tray, instrumentation, substation bus and transmission conductor — copper or aluminium, 600 volts to 345 kV.
- 600 V – 345 kV
- Building wire through transmission class
- Reels & truckloads
- Partials, overstock, demolition lots
- Ship Channel to Katy
- One desk for the whole metro
Reels staged in a substation yard under lattice transmission structures. Owner photography, Texas Gulf Coast.
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Send the reel list, not a request to buy.
Six details are enough for a buyer to respond. Photographs of the tag and the cut end do the rest. No fee, no obligation, no call centre.
- What the cable is — type, size, voltage
- How much is left — footage, reel count or weight
- Where it sits and what condition it is in
Prefer to talk? 954-740-1983
What we buy
Cable families we review every week.
Each family is judged on different facts. Open the one that matches your lot; if it is mixed, send it as a mixed lot.
Medium voltage cable
Plant power cable from 5 kV to 35 kV, shielded or not, copper or aluminium.
Review →02Transmission conductor
Bundled overhead conductor, ACSR and AAAC from line rebuilds and removals.
Review →03Tray cable
TC and TC-ER removed from tray, in power, control and instrumentation sizes.
Review →04Instrumentation cable
Pairs, triads and thermocouple extension wire with shields and drains.
Review →05THHN / THWN wire
Building wire by the spool, coil or partial reel, any colour.
Review →06Substation bus wire
Bare bus, jumpers, braid and ground leads from substation work.
Review →07Bare copper
Grounding and bonding conductor, clean or tarnished, solid or stranded.
Review →08Welding cable
Flexible lead cable from fab shops, shipyards and field crews.
Review →09URD cable
Underground distribution and padmount loops from developers and utilities.
Review →10Control cable
Multi-conductor control cable from plant upgrades and MCC replacements.
Review →11Turnaround surplus cable
What a unit outage bought and did not install, plus contractor returns.
Review →12Storm-damaged conductor
Flooded, salt-damaged and written-off cable from Gulf storms.
Review →Where we buy
Greater Houston, area by area.
Every area page carries its own local detail: who holds cable there, how sites are accessed, and what usually comes out.
Ship Channel & East End
Fifty miles of plants, terminals and rail, from the Turning Basin to the bay.
Open area →02Pasadena
Contractor yards and turnaround crews on the south side of the channel.
Open area →03Deer Park
Refining and chemical units, tank farms and heavy rail.
Open area →04Baytown
One of the largest refining and chemical complexes in the country.
Open area →05La Porte
Chemical plants next to Barbours Cut and the Bayport terminals.
Open area →06Texas City
Refinery row on Galveston Bay, where salt air decides what survives.
Open area →07Channelview
Chemical corridor between the San Jacinto River and I-10.
Open area →08Galena Park & Jacintoport
Older industrial ground, rail and barge terminals.
Open area →09Katy
Warehouse, data-centre and commercial construction on I-10 west.
Open area →10Sugar Land
Corporate campuses, energy offices and manufacturing.
Open area →11Pearland
Medical, manufacturing and distribution along SH-288.
Open area →12The Woodlands
Corporate and medical fit-outs with clean, documented surplus.
Open area →The densest cable market in Texas sits along one channel.
Refining, chemicals, terminals, rail and barge traffic share roughly fifty miles of water from the Turning Basin to Galveston Bay. That concentration is why this site exists: a Houston seller is usually ten minutes from a plant gate, a contractor yard and a fabricator that all hold surplus cable at the same time.
It also sets the calendar. Turnarounds run on multi-year cycles, capital projects get deferred, units are retired, and demolition crews strip tray faster than anyone can catalogue it. Cable bought for one scope ends up sitting on a reel in Deer Park or La Porte with the tag still readable and nobody left to install it.
What we ask for is simple: the cable type, the size, the voltage class, roughly how much remains, the condition, and where it is. A photograph of the reel tag and a photograph of the cut end answer most of the rest before anyone drives out.
- Tray cable and control cable from unit shutdowns and MCC replacements
- Medium voltage feeders from switchgear, transformer and motor work
- Instrumentation and thermocouple cable from controls upgrades
- Bare copper bus and grounding from substation and grid work
- ACSR and AAAC from line rebuilds and pole removals
- Demolition lots — jacket cut, lengths unknown, still worth reviewing
How it works
Four steps, no fee to start.
Nothing is bought, moved or scheduled until written lot terms are agreed.
Send what you have
Type, size, voltage, footage or reel count, condition, city. Photos of the tag and the cut end help.
Buyer review
A buyer checks the construction and the market for it, then comes back with questions or a lot review.
Verify at your site
Footage and condition are confirmed where the cable sits, or at pickup, before terms are final.
Collect and settle
Pickup is arranged around your gate rules, then paperwork and payment follow the agreed terms.
Seller guides
What to do before you call.
Written for the person holding the reel, not for a procurement department.
Questions sellers ask
Do you buy from one reel, or only full truckloads?
Both. A single partial reel from a Pasadena contractor and a full plant storeroom in Baytown are reviewed the same way: identify the cable, establish how much is left, check condition, then quote the lot. Small lots are often collected on a scheduled run rather than as a dedicated truck.
How is surplus cable valued?
Four things decide it: construction and conductor size, voltage class, how much usable length remains, and condition. Documentation such as the reel tag or mill certificate helps. Metal content sets a floor; cable that can go back into service is worth more than cable that can only be processed.
Do you charge to look at a lot?
No. Submitting a lot costs nothing and carries no obligation. Nothing is bought, moved or scheduled until written lot terms are agreed by both sides.
Can you collect from a plant or a controlled site?
Yes, subject to the site's rules. Ship Channel plants, terminals and contractor yards usually require advance notice, gate clearance, safety orientation and an escort. Tell us the site requirements when you send the lot and pickup is planned around them.
What if the cable was flooded or storm damaged?
Send it anyway. After Harvey, Ike and every Gulf storm since, flooded reels are a normal part of this market. Water can wick under a jacket and corrode a shield, so damaged cable is graded differently — some of it is still usable, some is metal recovery only.
One rule
We buy cable. We do not sell it.
No catalogue, no per-foot rates, no cart. Every conversation starts with what you already have on the yard.
Buying desk · Greater Houston
Tell us what is on the reel.
Send the type, size, voltage, footage or reel count, condition and city. A buyer reviews the lot and replies with next steps.
- Cable type, size and voltage class
- Footage, reel count or weight, and condition
- City, and whether the site has loading equipment