Selling situations
Sell cable from a decommissioned plant or line
Decommissioning produces cable in volume and in a hurry. A line stops, the electricians strip it out, and the material lands in a roll-off or a corner of the warehouse with no tag and no plan.
Some of it is worth real money. Some of it is scrap. The difference is whether the construction can still be identified and whether the cable is physically sound.
What tends to survive
Tray cable, control and instrumentation cable, VFD cable and medium voltage cable usually come out in usable lengths because they were installed in trays and ducts rather than pulled tight through conduit. Building wire pulled through conduit is more often scrap, though large feeders can still be reused.
Documentation that helps
Work orders, cable schedules and as-built drawings identify constructions that the jacket print alone cannot. If the plant has a cable schedule, a copy is worth more than a dozen photographs.
Condition questions to expect
How long was it energized? Was it in a washdown or chemical environment? Was it exposed to heat at the terminations? Were the ends sealed after removal? Honest answers shorten the process, and they are reflected in the offer rather than discovered at pickup.
Questions about this
Do you buy cable cut into short pieces during removal?
Sometimes. It is assessed as a group, and medium voltage cut lengths are quoted on measured length.
Is a cable schedule useful?
Very. It identifies constructions faster than jacket print alone.
Can you handle a multi-day removal?
Yes. Pickup can be staged across the removal schedule so material does not pile up.