Congrats on the gaylord of Electric Motors. Not a bad chunk of change for 51 hours of work.
Romex can be a good money maker. Its all about the amount of time it takes you to strip it though. If you're going to strip a lot of it, I highly reccomend buying a manual stripper with a romex setting. I have a cheap Chinese made model that I paid $300 for and its worth every penny. It strips the wire just as fast as you put it in and it mounts to any surface. Best part is, you only feed it through 1 time and you end up with 3 strips of bright wire.
Good Luck my friend
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