phone jacks and plugs - Page 2

yep gold ends i separate a little just for a nice look upon sorting to buyers and also do a nice trim of the cords so its not access weight incase of deduction but ya $2lb is average i sell them for some go higher on ebay but its always worth trying to sell on ebay first as whole cord lots here and there i can get $1-4each cord in lots that way

$1 each for used cords is good. I buy new 12 foot cords in boxes of 100 for $90.

Originally Posted by etack

Just an FYI it takes 14 square inches of 6 micron (235 micro inches) thick plating to make a gram of gold. The plating is only that thick on the small area that contacts the other wires, but the other part is flash plated. Not all are 6 microns or 235 micro inches most are around 50 micro inches which would take 65 square inches to make a gram.

I say save them and have them refines only because the amount of phone jack plugs to make a pound is huge and the amount of gold plating is far more than what is in regular monitor plugs or USB plugs per pound. this is just my thinking on this if I had a five gallon bucket of phone jacks I wold't sell them for $2.00#

I think I will do some measurements tomorrow on this to get a better idea in the amount of gold per phone jack and Ethernet jacks.

Eric

Eric,
I already talked to you about the 80186 CPU's and these cable ends but thought I would ask this here so everyone can see it.
If someone was sending you just the plugs and jacks how many would you like to refine a batch?
Chris

I learn something new every time i get i get on here. If i only knew back then what i know now i would be...............

With the gold prices falling I may just bring my gold ends to the yard here, could get $.14 a pound for them as copper content that's where they put plug ends. Shipping costs are more than the $.50 a pound for them... but will likely hold on and WAIT for Gold to Rise!

I read this thread again to refresh my memory on these cord ends. I know I have many of the phone cords as well as plenty of other computer and other high quality RCA plugs that are gold plated. I do put the usable in like new shape cords away for use.

I still use landlines as I've never had a use for mobile phones and devices. And I have plenty of electronic items that use the cords with RCA connectors.

I still will find boxes with many pounds of cords and cables at sales for free to a few dollars.

I wired all the bedrooms,kitchen,and living room with phone jacks back 25 years ago. We even had two phone lines coming into the house. It probably seems excessive but it made sense when we had four generations living under one roof. The teenagers were always talking on the phone.

Times sure have changed. I don't really have any need for a cell phone so i never bothered to get one but we're going to be going to fiber VoIP next month. All the traditional copper phone lines in this area are getting near end of life. They aren't rock solid reliable like they used to be. The phone goes out two or three times a year now. They're out for a week or more when they do fail.

I guess i gotta change with the times. It doesn't make sense to pay $ 60.00 / month for unreliable copper when i could get unlimited VoIP that is reliable for $ 15.00 / month.

My landline hasn't had any outages for years and it costs about $30.00 a month including unlimited high speed internet.

But it sounds like it might go up soon and how much is not known.

My 6 month vehicle insurance just went up about 20%.

The economy is catching up fast as prices for most consumer items and services is rising as they try and make a profit or keep from going bankrupt.