Isnt the length stamped in the outer sheath?On the other end of the spectrum, I happened to be in the aisle at my local orange store as the guy, with whom I had already started chatting, was marking down to half price an unwrapped roll of 14-2. I asked him why, and he said nobody would buy it in case it was less than a full 250'.
I said, "I'll take it!"
If you mean incremental length markings like much low-voltage cabling comes with, no.Isnt the length stamped in the outer sheath?
Yes thats what i meant, and oopsie.. i must be mixing things up... am i thinking of cat/rg or multi strand big cable?!If you mean incremental length markings like much low-voltage cabling comes with, no.
It was obviously a250' roll. The ends looked factory cut, at an angle, not straight across.
Seen when lumber was going crazy a couple of years ago the big box here changed the price sign to an electronic sign and it could change multiple times a day. You could get a load of lumber on a cart, go to other end of store to get other things and when you come back through to check out, the price had changed. Most times not by cents but dollars. They did the same with wire for a while. Sounds like it is starting again.Just make sure you include a disclaimer in your proposals that the price is only good until the end of the week. During real volatile times I'd make mine until the end of the day.
I just checked current 14/2 prices (250') at 2 of my supply houses and HD.Here in the Midwest Cu wire has been going up almost weekly in the last month.
14/2 250. $78 to $109 in 5 weeks.
Other areas the same?