Argh... http://www.interfacebus.com/Copper_Wire_AWG_SIze.html There's the site, gmail decided to freak out and send a couple of messages on me...
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Jonathan Link <jonathan.l...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Jonathan Link <jonathan.l...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> You need a fair amount of wire to get any amount of copper. >> According to this site 24 gauge copper wire of 817.7 feet weighs one >> pound. Divided by 8 (strands in cat 5) yields a little more than 102 feet >> needed to get a pound of copper. >> >> Then discount that price based on all the insullation that needs to be >> used. >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Sam Cayze <sca...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Anyone had any luck getting a scrapyard to pay for this stuff? It is >>> copper after all… >>> >>> I just pulled all the wire out of a bunch of offices, and we just >>> re-wired our space. Some of these small offices had 22 CAT5 runs in them! >>> >>> I have mountains of excess wire I want to get rid of. >>> >>> >>> >>> Sam >>> >>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>> >>> --- >>> To manage subscriptions click here: >>> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >>> or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >>> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >>> >> >> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
