Does anyone have an idea of how heavy a box of cat 5 wire is? I have a chance to purchase 15-20 boxes and each box has 1000 ft.
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Does anyone have an idea of how heavy a box of cat 5 wire is? I have a chance to purchase 15-20 boxes and each box has 1000 ft.
I would say under 40 lbs each but if they are new you might do better if you sold them a contractor
I looked up a reference that says CAT5 is AWG24 which takes 817 ft to make a pound.
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American Wire Gauge, AWG Cable Size Description for Copper Wire Cable
just took a 2 ft. snip of Superior Cable 4pr24 and coiled it up on a small digital scale
0.85 ounces @ 2ft.
just sold a little less then half a gaylord (4'x4'x4') of cat 6, 280 lbs @ .80 per lb