Just did a 14/3 Aluminum MC cable. This has 4 - 14 gauge thhn wire in it. The scale I am using goes to 1/4 of an ounce. When weighing the entire thing and just the thhn, the scale was bouncing back and forth. For the whole thing, between 6.75 and 7.0 ounces. For the wire between 4.75 and 5.0 ounces. Let's assume the worst case and use 4.75 and 7.0 ounces. THHN accounts for 67.8% of the weight.
Using todays walk-in pricing where I recently sold wire and aluminum pricing from a yard in Albany, NY:
THHN - $1.38 per pound
AL BX - $0.74 per pound
Aluminum - $0.46 per pound
Bare Bright $2.49 per pound
As is, 1 pound is $0.74
THHN removed and sold, aluminum sold - Roughly $0.94 for thhn and $0.14 for aluminum. Total $1.08
THHN removed, stripped and sold as bare bright (assumes 82% recovery), aluminum sold - Roughly $1.38 for bare bright and $0.14 for aluminum. Total $1.52
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