last one for the day. Did a 14/2 steel AC cable. This has 2 - 14 gauge THHN wires. Set the scale to grams this time. It goes in 10 gram increments. Whole thing bouncing between 300 and 310. THHN bouncing between 50 and 60. Worst case is wire accounts for 16.1% of the weight. Best case wire accounts for 20% of the weight.




Using todays walk-in pricing where I recently sold wire and steel pricing from a yard in Albany, NY:

THHN - $1.38 per pound
ST BX - $0.12 per pound
Bare Bright $2.49 per pound
light iron $0.08 per pound

worse case
1 pound as is $0.12
Thhn removed and sold as is, light iron sold - Roughly $0.22 for wire and $0.07 for light iron. Total $0.29
Thhn removed, stripped (assumes 82% recovery) and sold as bare bright, steel sold - Roughly $0.33 for wire and $0.07 for light iron. Total $0.40

best case
1 pound as is $0.12
Thhn removed and sold as is, light iron sold - Roughly $0.28 for wire and $0.06 for light iron. Total $0.34
Thhn removed, stripped (assumes 82% recovery) and sold as bare bright, steel sold - Roughly $0.41 for wire and $0.06 for light iron. Total $0.47