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Circuit Breakers, Switchgear, Bus Plugs & Wire

Scannable category detail so you can tell quickly whether your material is worth sending over. Nothing on this page is offered for sale.

Molded-case and insulated-case circuit breakers organized on steel shelving

Circuit Breakers

Branch through power-class breakers, current and long-discontinued. Catalog numbers and nameplate photos drive the evaluation.

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  • Miniature circuit breakers
  • Molded-case circuit breakers (MCCBs)
  • Insulated-case circuit breakers (ICCBs)
  • Low-voltage power circuit breakers
  • Air circuit breakers
  • Vacuum circuit breakers
  • Main breakers and branch breakers
  • Plug-in, bolt-on, I-Line-style, draw-out, and fixed-mount breakers
  • Thermal-magnetic and electronic-trip breakers
  • 1-pole, 2-pole, 3-pole, and 4-pole equipment
  • Current-limiting breakers, motor circuit protectors, shunt-trip units, and accessories
Switchgear and panelboard sections staged safely with doors closed

Distribution Equipment

Complete lineups, individual sections, and loose components from renovations, upgrades, and facility decommissioning.

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  • Load centers and panelboards
  • Power distribution panels
  • Switchboards and switchgear
  • Meter mains, meter stacks, and metering equipment
  • Safety switches and disconnects
  • Transfer switches
  • Bus duct, busway, bus plugs, tap boxes, and end feeds
  • Transformers and dry-type transformers
  • Automatic transfer equipment and generator-related distribution equipment
Palletized electrical equipment staged at a warehouse dock

Motor & Industrial Controls

Control gear from plant upgrades, line changes, and shop stock — including buckets pulled from MCC lineups.

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  • Motor control centers and buckets
  • Starters, contactors, overload relays, and combination starters
  • Variable-frequency drives
  • Soft starters
  • Control transformers
  • Industrial fuses and fuse holders
  • Relays and control components
500 MCM stranded copper THHN building wire with exposed conductor

Wire, Cable & Scrap

New reels, job leftovers, partial reels, cable ends, and mixed electrical scrap in copper and aluminum.

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  • New wire and cable
  • Full and partial reels
  • THHN/THWN-2 building wire
  • XHHW-2 conductors
  • Copper and aluminum feeders
  • MC cable and armored cable
  • Service-entrance cable
  • Tray cable and portable cord
  • Welding cable and specialty cable
  • Bare copper and grounding conductor
  • Insulated copper wire, aluminum wire, cable ends, and mixed electrical scrap
  • Large conductors, including 500 kcmil/MCM and other sizes

Acceptance and pricing depend on identification, condition, quantity, location, resale demand, metal content, and current market conditions. Nothing is accepted automatically.

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What Do You Have Sitting in Storage?

Send photos, quantities, and catalog numbers. We will review breakers, equipment, wire, scrap, and fleet vehicles of nearly any size or condition.

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