[BC] copper to the moon Alice!

[Rob Atkinson]

that sounds like a pretty good deal; around $55 per 500' for bare no.10.  to 
me, not bad at all.  there is an advantage to buying quantity.   I heard 
this morning that if you walk into home depot and buy 500' of insulated 
solid no.14 it will set u back $43.  there is of course a home depot markup 
you probably aren't paying.

rob atkinson


From: Alan Alsobrook <radiotech at bellsouth.net>
Reply-To: Broadcasters' Mailing List <broadcast at radiolists.net>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Subject: Re: [BC] copper to the moon Alice!
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 05:46:19 -0400

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


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