Quote Originally Posted by injunjoe View Post
On the other hand if you take say the wire running from the condenser motor, on a ac unit, to the contactor you have a heavy gauge wire with a somewhat thin insulation.
These types of wire yield about 66% copper and 33% waste. So at a 1.35 for insulated comes up to $2.20 worth of #2 copper, based on your figures.
This comes up to 61% profit from the same wire less your time and labor! One pound don't seem to be worth the effort but when the numbers go up so does the profit margin!
Technically, i think the margin stays the same, but the gross increases.

I'd SWAG, that 10 pounds
unstripped is $13.50 (1.35 for insulated)
and stripped is worth $14.52 (#2 copper @ $2.20)



If you can do 10 pounds in an hour it looks promising.