Extension cord blues

Originally Posted by skylinejack

Considering the outter insulation, inner insulation, and rope it seems you would probably come out ahead to just turn it in for the insulated wire price.

that's what I was thinking... plus, the time to strip one 50 foot cord seemed to take waaaay to long. Took about 2.5 beers to finish (easier to keep track of beers than time). I'll check the weight/time, with/without insulation and compare next time. Has anyone done this already?

Originally Posted by ParkerFlyer4

that's what I was thinking... plus, the time to strip one 50 foot cord seemed to take waaaay to long. Took about 2.5 beers to finish (easier to keep track of beers than time). I'll check the weight/time, with/without insulation and compare next time. Has anyone done this already?

I have spent several hours over the last couple of days to do some weight annalists on different wires. My yard pays .75 for extension cords and $2.85 for bare bright copper. I did a couple of different extension cords. They were pretty light weight I would say 16 gauge. I got about 27-31% yield from them. bottom line I lost money on one,broke even on another and made a few cents on the last one. So from now on extension cords get sold as is. You really need to evaluate what you are spending your time on. Do the things with the highest return. That said I take apart a lot of junk just because I like doing it.