We buy welding cable and SOOW cord

Welding cable is a finely stranded, flexible single-conductor cable built to survive being dragged. It is rated 600 volts and sized from #6 up to 4/0 and beyond, with neoprene or EPDM jackets. It is bought for welders, but also shows up as temporary power lead and grounding lead in shops and on jobsites.

SOOW is portable cord with a thermoset rubber jacket, two to five conductors, rated 600 volts and used for temporary power, pumps, heaters and equipment whips. SJOOW is the lighter 300-volt version. Type W and Type G are heavy-duty single and multi-conductor portable power cables used in mining, marine and industrial temporary distribution.

All of it is quotable when the jacket print identifies the cable and the footage is known.

Give us the size, the conductor count for portable cord (2/C, 3/C, 4/C), the voltage rating and the approximate length. Welding cable is usually quoted in whole feet from a spool, so the remaining footage matters.

Photograph the jacket print on both sides of the cable if one is worn, the spool tag if present, and the cut end. If the cable has moulded connectors, photograph those too — factory terminations can change the usability.

Note whether the cord has been used outdoors or in a wet environment. Water ingress into finely stranded copper is difficult to reverse, and it affects the assessment.