We Buy Surplus Electrical Wire in Ames
Ames pairs a large university and research park with agricultural bioscience and a compact manufacturing base. Laboratory, classroom and research construction uses a lot of specialty cable, and each project leaves remainders that are too specific to reuse.
Buying in Ames
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Story County
We buy surplus wire and cable from businesses across Story County: building wire, control and instrumentation cable, low-voltage and communication cable, service cable and the mixed partial reels that accumulate in facilities stockrooms.
Buying surplus wire from businesses in Ames — not from a local branch. We have no office, warehouse or yard in Ames; collection is arranged once a quote is accepted.
Local picture
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What surplus looks like in Ames
The material in Ames often comes in smaller, tidier quantities than a plant clean-out: a partial reel of XHHW, sealed boxes of plenum cable, a coil of ground wire, a spool of shielded pairs. Grouped together, they make a worthwhile pickup.
Research and lab spaces sometimes produce cable with unusual ratings. Send the jacket print; we would rather identify it correctly than guess.
Building wire and control cable on reels, sorted by size.
Material
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Wire and cable we buy around Ames
Typical of the local industrial and commercial mix, not an inventory list.
- THHN, THWN-2 and XHHW building wire partials
- Plenum and riser communication cable
- Shielded control and instrumentation cable
- Low-voltage and fire-alarm cable
- SER and SEU service cable
- Bare copper and grounding wire
Logistics
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Pickup and freight
Ames is a short run from Des Moines, so loads are often grouped. Campus and research-park deliveries need a scheduled dock time and a site contact.
Questions
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Ames: questions sellers ask
Do you buy small quantities from a lab or department?
Yes, when they are grouped. A single box is not worth a trip; a shelf of boxes is.
Can you identify cable from a partial label?
Usually. Send a close photo of the jacket print even if the spool label is gone.
Do you cover Nevada, Boone and Huxley?
Yes, Story and Boone county material is covered from the same run.
Still unsure whether your material fits? Call +1 (614) 715-3047 or email saleselectricalbuyers@gmail.com.
Related
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Wire types and nearby coverage
Have surplus wire in Ames?
Send the wire type, footage and a few photos. We will reply with a quote or a clear no.
Get a quote
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Photos are the fastest route to a real number. Reels, jacket print, tags and cut ends.
Tell us what you have
No obligation and no cost to ask. If the material is not a fit, we will say so plainly.
Request a quote for your surplus wire
Tell us what the wire is, how much there is and where it sits. Photos of the reels, jacket print and wire ends let us give a real number instead of a guess.
Include the Ames ZIP code and whether the material is at a dock, in a warehouse or at ground level.