Meter used to measure the length of wire

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JJWalecka

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A former employer had a tool that measured the length of wire. Using this meter, the leads would be attached to each end of the coil; it would then be set to the gauge of conductor.
I believe it used the resistance of the conductor, set to the appropriate gauge and would tell you the length.

Does anyone know who makes this product?

Feedback is welcome

JJ
 
I posted about the greenlee one a few years back....can't find the post or any references to the tool.
 
celtic said:
I posted about the greenlee one a few years back....can't find the post or any references to the tool.
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The Greenlee part number was 2003, and later 2004, and it was yellow. I suspect this is one of the items made by BEHA that got rebranded with the Greenlee name when they bought them out, since the tool was yellow. All the BEHA stuff was yellow. Low sales numbers probably got the product nixed from the line.
 
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ElectricianJeff said:
I use a digital fish scale I bought new from ebay for around $14.00. It goes up to 100 lbs. which works pretty well on #6 and smaller. Not exact but gets me in the ballpark.
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Marc has mentioned using a scale, seems like a great idea. :cool:
 
Jim W in Tampa said:
Sounds like ohm meter just simply calibrated in feet.Would need to be very acurate.
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No need to be accurate. A regular DVM is probably 1/10% accurate. Who cares about the length of wire within a few percent? One foot off a 100-ft roll. That's far less accurate than a $25 meter, it just needs a lower ohm range than usual. If they are selling for $1500 maybe I can make a buck. Who will give me $150 for one (1% accurate)? Cost me about $20.
 
ElectricianJeff said:
I use a digital fish scale I bought new from ebay for around $14.00. It goes up to 100 lbs. which works pretty well on #6 and smaller. Not exact but gets me in the ballpark.
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I've always wanted to try that. I'm sure it's plenty close enough for billing purposes... actually, it's probably faster & more accurate than trying to measure a bunch of wires manually in most situations.

ElectricianJeff, do you bill for wire by the ft. or lb? :grin:

Cat-5 is the only wire I know of that is marked on the outside of the sheathing with a numeric system. Wish they all were. ;)
 
rabtrfld said:
No need to be accurate. A regular DVM is probably 1/10% accurate. Who cares about the length of wire within a few percent? One foot off a 100-ft roll. That's far less accurate than a $25 meter, it just needs a lower ohm range than usual. If they are selling for $1500 maybe I can make a buck. Who will give me $150 for one (1% accurate)? Cost me about $20.
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Give it a try. :wink:
 
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