Wire & cable type · Louisiana
Bare copper wire buyers in Louisiana
Bare copper is the simplest thing we buy and the one most often sold badly, because it looks like scrap and is treated as scrap before anyone reads it.
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Sell bare copper in Louisiana
Bare copper conductor is uninsulated copper used for grounding and bonding: ground grids, counterpoise, equipment bonding jumpers, neutral and ground bus, and the bare concentric neutral on some cable assemblies. Sizes run from 14 AWG solid to 500 kcmil stranded, with 2/0 and 4/0 common in substation and plant grounding.
- Construction, size and footage, not weight alone
- Reel tags and jacket print travel with the lot
- Pickup planned around your site, not ours
Photographs of reel tags and jacket print can follow by text to 614-715-3047 or email to saleselectricalbuyers@gmail.com.
Send the lot details
Six details are enough to start.
What this family covers 02
Bare copper wire we review in Louisiana
There is no insulation to inspect, so the review is about form and documentation: is it clean bright copper, tarnished, tinned, stranded or solid, on a reel or in a coil, and is there a record of what it was bought for?
Identification 03
What identifies bare copper
The facts that decide how a lot is read. Send what the reel says rather than a description from memory.
| Voltage | Not applicable — grounding and bonding conductor |
|---|---|
| Forms | Solid and stranded, bare, tinned, and soft-drawn or hard-drawn |
| Sizes we see | 14 AWG through 500 kcmil; 2/0 and 4/0 stranded most common |
| Other forms | Bare bus bar, ground rods, bonds and cable trays cut for copper |
| Condition markers | Tarnish and oxidation, moisture staining, mixed alloys, attached hardware |
| What identifies it | Reel tag, cable print on tinned conductor, purchase records, stranding class |
If a detail is unknown, mark it unknown. A stated uncertainty is workable. A guess that turns out wrong costs everybody a second visit.
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Bare copper wire lots we buy
Read separately, because they are valued separately.
Ground grid conductor
2/0 and 4/0 stranded bare copper from substation and plant grounding work, usually on reels.
Bonding jumpers and bonds
Short bare copper assemblies from equipment bonding, reviewed as part of a larger grounding lot.
Tinned copper
Tinned conductor from coastal and marine work. The coating is a real distinction and should be described.
Bus bar and cut tray
Bare copper bus and tray sections. Reviewed separately from conductor because the form is different.
How a lot is read 05
How bare copper is evaluated
Clean bare copper on a tagged reel is a conductor lot. Mixed copper with fittings, paint and steel attached is a recovery lot, and the difference is not small. Separating the two before the review is the most valuable thing a seller can do.
Weight is useful but not decisive when the material is identifiable. A tagged reel of 4/0 bare copper has a known length and a known mass; that is a better basis than a scale ticket on a mixed pallet.
Safety first. Bare copper in a live substation is bonded to equipment that may be energised or may carry induced voltage. Only the utility or plant's authorised staff should disconnect grounding conductor.
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Questions —
Bare copper questions
Do you buy bare copper by weight?
Weight is one input. Identifiable conductor on a reel is read on size, length and condition; mixed material is read on copper content after the non-copper is accounted for.
Is tinned copper worth more?
It is a different product, not automatically a better one. Tinned conductor suits coastal and marine work, and it is reviewed on that basis rather than as a premium.
What about copper bus bar?
Bus bar is reviewed separately from conductor because its form, alloy and dimensions matter more than its length. Send photographs and dimensions.
Can grounding conductor from a substation be removed by us?
No. Removal from an energised or de-energised substation is the utility's work under its own procedures. The lot is reviewed after release.
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Send the bare copper lot
Include where the material sits and how it can be accessed. Photographs can follow by text to 614-715-3047.
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A buyer reviews the lot and replies with questions or an offer basis.