question on romex

Originally Posted by mthomasdev

Romex is roughly 65 percent copper. 300 pounds should yeild 195 pounds of bare bright.

ah so that would yeild me a extra 90$ u know some people dont bother stripping romex or extension cords? i think thats strange. i always strip extension cords and any wire except for anything smaller than cat 3 wich i think is 24gauge wire? ok how many feet of romex would that be if it was one long section of romex and not cut? that way i would know how many feet is in 300lbs of romex 14gauge wire.

Originally Posted by mike1

ah so that would yeild me a extra 90$ u know some people dont bother stripping romex or extension cords? i think thats strange. i always strip extension cords and any wire except for anything smaller than cat 3 wich i think is 24gauge wire? ok how many feet of romex would that be if it was one long section of romex and not cut? that way i would know how many feet is in 300lbs of romex 14gauge wire.

There are resources posted in the threads many times about how ft/lb for wire. Also easily googleable. And lots of people don't strip much or even all wire, preferring to spend that time instead sourcing more wire to sell as is. Deciding on which strategy works best probably hinges upon material availability and hauling capacity.

ah i see thanks for the info=)

Originally Posted by mike1

ah so that would yeild me a extra 90$ u know some people dont bother stripping romex or extension cords? i think thats strange. i always strip extension cords and any wire except for anything smaller than cat 3 wich i think is 24gauge wire? ok how many feet of romex would that be if it was one long section of romex and not cut? that way i would know how many feet is in 300lbs of romex 14gauge wire.

I currently don't strip any wire. I have some 500 mcm copper that I'm not stripping. When you can get dealer pricing, it isn't always worth the time to process stuff. If I had a high quality stripper or granualtor, that would be a different story.