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Durham / Durham County

We buy surplus electrical wire in Durham

Life-science manufacturing, university medicine and a converted tobacco district full of lab space. Durham buys control and instrumentation cable in quantities that always leave a balance.

Pharmaceutical and biotech facilities are specified down to the shield type. When a suite is commissioned, the leftover pairs and multiconductor reels are expensive enough that nobody throws them out, and useless enough that nobody uses them again.

Duke's medical and university footprint adds institutional renovation work on top of that, and the warehouse conversions in the old tobacco district keep electrical contractors busy with commercial fit-out.

Where the wire comes from in Durham

Pharmaceutical and biotech suites

Instrumentation cable, thermocouple extension and shielded multiconductor with pair counts that make each leftover reel a specific, quotable item.

Hospital and university work

Duke University and Duke Health renovation programs generate HCF MC, fire alarm cable and feeder wire on a continuing basis.

Adaptive reuse in the warehouse district

Converting tobacco warehouses into offices and labs means new distribution, new panels and partial reels of THHN in every size the design touched.

Rows of cable reels holding green, gray and black wire in a Durham industrial warehouse
Surplus wire from Durham and Durham County — full or partial reels.

Wire types to send from Durham

Service area, not a branch

Durham is a coverage area. We arrange pickup at your site; there is no office or yard to drop material at without talking to us first.

Selling surplus wire in Durham

Send the wire type, gauge, approximate footage and where it is stored. Photos of the reel tag and the jacket legend shorten the process more than anything else you can put in the form.

If you are not sure what you have, call +1 (614) 715-3047 and read the print legend off the jacket. That is usually enough to identify it.

One reel or a full storage room

Both are normal. A single reel of large copper or medium voltage is worth a look on its own; small partials are worth moving when they travel together.

What to include on the form

  • Wire type and voltage class
  • Copper or aluminum, and the gauge or MCM
  • Approximate footage left, or full versus partial reel
  • Reel, spool, coil or carton count
  • Condition and whether the tag is still on the reel
  • The Durham address or ZIP where it is stored
  • Loading: dock, forklift, or ground level
Durham pickup

Quote your surplus wire in Durham

Two minutes on a phone. Fill in what you know — the wire type, the footage and the location do most of the work, and photos of the tag settle the rest.

  • Phone, email or form — your choice
  • Pickup arranged at your site in Durham
  • Wire and cable only

Call +1 (614) 715-3047 or email saleselectricalbuyers@gmail.com.

Wire quote request

Tell us what you have and where it is. Photos of the reel tag and jacket legend help us respond faster.

Photos: add up to 6 photos (10 MB total) — the full reel, the reel tag, and the jacket legend or wire size marking. Photos are optional, but they are the fastest way to get a real answer.

Your contact
Where the wire is sitting right now, not your mailing address.
The wire
Photos
JPG, PNG, HEIC or WebP. 10 MB total per submission. On a phone you can take the photo or pick it from your library.
  • The full reel, so we can see size and remaining wire
  • The reel tag or label
  • A close-up of the jacket legend or size marking

By submitting you agree to be contacted about this wire. We use your details only to respond to this request. Privacy.

Durham questions

Do you buy instrumentation cable with a partial pair count?
Yes. Note the pair count and shield type from the legend, since those two details decide what the reel is.
Is surplus cable from a pharma plant handled differently?
Only in that the documentation is usually better. Tagged reels with test data are the easiest material to quote.
Do you buy wire from Durham contractors?
Yes, from single partial reels up to full storage-room clearouts.
Can you handle a load that includes both control cable and building wire?
Yes. List each type as its own line so the load can be quoted properly rather than averaged.

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