Ethernet & Phone cable ends

Can someone please confirm or correct my current understanding on these cable ends?



-Ethernet / Cat V: Gold
-Phone cord: Copper / Brass

If your talking about the ends on the wire...it's gold an gold.

On mine they are at lest. Gold plugs into gold. Look close at the phone base where the cord goes, should see..gold. Not a lot but some. It's not very much in the phone ends tho, so don't get to excited.


As always...YMMV.

Sirscrapalot - Funny, handsome and helpful.

With today's prices on gold ends, it really doesn't matter.

Gold ends are currently going for 95 cents. For me to ship gold ends via fed ex, is about 40 cents a pound, unless of course I have total shipment weight of over 400 pounds, in which case, I could ship freight. But this would still cost 20 cents a pound. Bottom line, best net once it leaves my house is 75 cents a pound.

I currently have 2 yards that I sell wire to. One is 40 minutes away and considers this #2 insulated, paying about $1 per pound. The other is an hour away and considers this Telco, paying $1.27 a pound. I still need to sell my wire, clipped or unclipped, so this trip is a necessity no matter what I do with the ends.

Once you figure out what they really are, sit down and figure out if you are making any more money, by clipping them and shipping them. If you are making more doing that, then you should probably look for a new yard.

Originally Posted by mthomasdev

With today's prices on gold ends, it really doesn't matter.

Gold ends are currently going for 95 cents. For me to ship gold ends via fed ex, is about 40 cents a pound, unless of course I have total shipment weight of over 400 pounds, in which case, I could ship freight. But this would still cost 20 cents a pound. Bottom line, best net once it leaves my house is 75 cents a pound.

I currently have 2 yards that I sell wire to. One is 40 minutes away and considers this #2 insulated, paying about $1 per pound. The other is an hour away and considers this Telco, paying $1.27 a pound. I still need to sell my wire, clipped or unclipped, so this trip is a necessity no matter what I do with the ends.

Once you figure out what they really are, sit down and figure out if you are making any more money, by clipping them and shipping them. If you are making more doing that, then you should probably look for a new yard.

Yep Gold and Gold

#2 ins wire by me $1.00 a pound. I still cut them off! I remember the good old days of $2.13 a pound for them - $.80 shipping. So in the bucket they go!

Originally Posted by hobo finds

Yep Gold and Gold

#2 ins wire by me $1.00 a pound. I still cut them off! I remember the good old days of $2.13 a pound for them - $.80 shipping. So in the bucket they go!

the good ole days gave me 3.50 per pound for them and they just mixed them in with motherboards 2011/2012 ish

Originally Posted by directrecycle

the good ole days gave me 3.50 per pound for them and they just mixed them in with motherboards 2011/2012 ish

So do you still cut them?

If they were $2.00 per pound or more, I'd be cutting them. Any thing less is not worth my time. Now if your talking the old style ends from the cords to hook printers and monitors to computers, that would be a little different as they add up quicker.

Are you guys thats selling the wire itself are you removing the plastic and selling the wire itself. Or are you just cliping the ends and tossing in tbe wire pile?

Originally Posted by deno

Are you guys thats selling the wire itself are you removing the plastic and selling the wire itself. Or are you just cliping the ends and tossing in tbe wire pile?

Telephone and Ethernet wire go in the pile as is, don't remove anything. This is then sold, depending on the yard, as either #2 insulated ($1.00 per pound) or Telco ($1.27 per pound). Right now, the price for gold ends makes clipping a losing option, at least for me.

Ok thnx about the same here #2 insulated

I always cut mine since my yard wants them clipped, and insulated wire only runs around $0.85/lb here

actually most mod ends, RJ11, RJ12, and RJ45 (both cat5 and cat6) usually have 50 microns gold over nickel pins. I'd say toss them all in a 5 gallon bucket and sit on them... probably take more than a couple weeks to fill it up anyway.