[BC] copper to the moon Alice!

[Alan Alsobrook]

I just had to buy 3 5000' spools of #10 bare for a ground system job, I 
didn't have time to shop it, but I ended up paying right at $550 per 
spool from Harris.

Rob Atkinson wrote:
> Okay Jackie Geason never mentioned copper, but I heard last night that 
> the price of wire has gone to the moon.   I heard 500' of 12 gauge is 90 
> bucks; 500' of no.14 solid is over $40 at your typical big box store 
> (this is the stuff with insulation on it).   Two years ago a similar 
> roll of #14 was 15 bucks.  about two months ago #14 was $27.  I find 
> this latest increase hard to believe and sure hope it is some kind of 
> local fluke or mistake, and not showing up in the sizes and materials 
> more commonly used by broadcasters.  If it's true, i'm sure glad I got 
> my wire, strap and ldf4-50A when I did.

-- 
Alan Alsobrook CSRE AMD CBNT
St. Augustine Fl. 32086 904-829-8885
aalso at Bellsouth.net