Guitar / microphone Amplifier Cord #2?

The title says it all.
Anyone experienced scrapping amplifier cords, the type that plug into guitars or microphones.



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These cord's are not a #2 insulated wire as the recovery is so low, in the low teen's or less and very fine, (less than flat wire, #3) We get a large amount of these from a commercial account and buy them as coax then bail them up and sell to China. Hope this help's.

Thank you for the reply. I was skeptical as to if it was #2. How do you define the recoverability of wire?
I have given vacuum cleaner cords at the yards before and they where weighed in as #2 Wire.
Is this a material quality issue or weight ratio issue?
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The yard I use buys by copper to insulation ratio (%) :

#1 = 80% copper

#2 = 55% copper

#3 = 30% copper

My majority ends up as #3.
Also, I tend to leave all terminals on.

The plugs may be brass, clip those off

weigh a length of insulated wire..strip it..weigh just copper..do the math to see what percentage of weight was actual copper

80% for #1 is kinda high but doable. We average between 72-85% thru our grandulater but that goes back to what my buyers has mixed in with our #1 gaylord boxes, there is always some #2 mixed in.

are the thin wires from a computer power supply box in the same catagory as appliance cords? i usually mix them...the yard did say to keep the computer ribbon wire seperate..does this sound right?... thanks

The wires from power supplys will be #2 insulated copper wire, and the appliance/power cords go as extension cords here.

Usual grades of wire are
#1 ins wire
#1 house wire
#2 ins wire
#3 ins wire
Extension cords
cat 5/ phone wire

I was given a price for #2 insulated for the amplifier lead wire.
However today I received a good volume of cat5e 24awg. Is this stuff worthless ?
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