the 20-18-16ga. is really not worth stripping, too time consuming for a little bit of copper. The bigger stuff might be worth it to you to strip. If they have brass crimp-on's on the ends, I cut them off and throw them in a jar. I think the yards classify 14ga and smaller as #2 14ga and larger goes as #1 and then it's either insulated or clean.
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