Wire & cable type · Louisiana
SOOW and portable cord buyers in Louisiana
SOOW is the cord that runs everything temporary in a plant, and it is bought in 250-foot coils that rarely get used to the last foot.
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Sell soow / portable cord in Louisiana
SOOW cord is a 600 V portable cord with flexible thermoset insulation and jacket, rated for outdoor use and for wet locations. The letters describe it precisely: S for service cord, OO for oil-resistant insulation and jacket, W for weather- and water-resistant. SJOOW is the lighter 300 V version.
- 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.
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SOOW and portable cord we review in Louisiana
Plants and shipyards buy it for temporary power, tools, lighting strings and welding support. Because it is cut to length on the job, a store cupboard usually holds a dozen partial coils of different gauges — a lot that is easy to review and easy to undervalue.
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What identifies soow / portable cord
The facts that decide how a lot is read. Send what the reel says rather than a description from memory.
| Voltage rating | 600 V for SOOW; 300 V for SJOOW |
|---|---|
| Construction | 2, 3 or 4 insulated conductors plus ground, in a flexible oil-resistant jacket |
| Sizes we see | 18 AWG through 2 AWG, with 12/3 and 10/4 the common working sizes |
| Conductor metal | Copper, finely stranded |
| Condition markers | Jacket cuts, oil swelling, flattened coils, exposed conductors at the ends |
| What identifies it | Jacket print, conductor count and gauge, coil tag and length marking |
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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SOOW and portable cord lots we buy
Read separately, because they are valued separately.
12/3 and 10/4 SOOW
The workhorse temporary-power cords. Full coils with print are the useful part of any lot.
SJOOW control cord
Lighter 300 V cord from tools and small equipment, usually in shorter lengths.
Welding support cord
Cord used alongside welding machines, often oil-stained and read as used material.
Damaged and repaired cord
Cord with taped repairs or missing ends. Read as recovery copper, not as reusable cord.
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How soow / portable cord is evaluated
Jacket integrity is the whole review. A coil with clean print, no cuts and intact ends is reusable cord; the same coil with taped repairs is copper in a jacket. The gap in value is wide and worth being direct about.
Length comes second. Coils need to be measured. A 30-foot remnant is not a 250-foot coil, and pricing the two the same way is how sellers end up disappointed.
Safety first. Cord with exposed conductors, missing strain relief or taped repairs should never be re-energised. It should be bagged and labelled as scrap before it leaves the site.
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Questions —
SOOW / portable cord questions
Do you buy small partial coils of SOOW?
Yes, as part of a larger lot. On their own, a handful of short coils rarely justifies a pickup, and that is a fair thing to say before anyone drives out.
Is oil-stained cord still usable?
Surface oil that wipes off is not the same as a jacket that has swelled and softened. The second kind is a recovery item. Photographs of the jacket decide which one it is.
Can SOOW and SJOOW be mixed?
They can be sent as one lot, but they are different voltage ratings and different products. Separating them takes ten minutes and usually improves the outcome.
What about cord with moulded ends?
Moulded caps and connectors are fine if they are intact and correctly rated. Cut or missing ends mean the cord is read on length and copper.
Next step —
Send the soow / portable cord 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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