Wire cut, 115' means 115'.

[chris kennedy]

Sitting down to E-mail my supplier and figured I would share. I ordered 3 cuts of #1 at 115' long. As we rolled them out things looked very strange. I was pulling along no problem when the rope just stops. Phone rings and its Al saying he wants to pull a foot back. I didn't even have the head yet??? In the picture below you can see what he had left on his end when he stopped the pull, two coils of different lengths and to the bottom right of the meter socket the short stub.

Turned out our cuts where 99', 115', and 144'. A week earlier I ordered 50' of 3/0 for make-up of the same service from a different supply house and when Al was done we measured the coil left over at 51'. (Magic Wire:grin::grin::grin

Note: All the cuts involved where tagged at the ordered lengths.

 

[Cavie]

Sitting down to E-mail my supplier and figured I would share. I ordered 3 cuts of #1 at 115' long. As we rolled them out things looked very strange. I was pulling along no problem when the rope just stops. Phone rings and its Al saying he wants to pull a foot back. I didn't even have the head yet??? In the picture below you can see what he had left on his end when he stopped the pull, two coils of different lengths and to the bottom right of the meter socket the short stub.

Turned out our cuts where 99', 115', and 144'. A week earlier I ordered 50' of 3/0 for make-up of the same service from a different supply house and when Al was done we measured the coil left over at 51'. (Magic Wire:grin::grin::grin

Note: All the cuts involved where tagged at the ordered lengths.

I had the very same almost exact lenghts happen back in sept. with 500 mcm but I did get it out if the pipe and to the correct connections.

 

[nakulak]

it sucks when they have idiots working as wire jockeys at the supply. It sucks even worse when you have to make special arrangements for the pull (men/equipment). And it beats all when you call up and they don't believe you.

 

[Kdog76]

My local supplier has never shorted me, but has always given an extra 5' or more...Only time I have gotten shorted was my own stupid fault for either not measuring long enough, or not given myself that extra length.

 

[walkerj]

Warehouse guy: "Oh that's good, they always order extra"

 

[Oakey]

they've done this to me also, think they would know to make them the same.
115x3 = 345
99+115+144=358

Sadly they probably called into the microphone,
"345 ft of #1"

 

[scwirenut]

the problem ive been told is if the wire is the new "sim pull" it slips on the wheel counter...dont know if its true..

 

[mivey]

What are you complaining about? You averaged 4.3 feet more than you paid for. Now, if only I could count my golf shots using averaging, I'd be doing O.K.

 

[nyerinfl]

Which supply house was it Chris?

 

[nolabama]

First time I have seen Al without a shovel.

 

[480sparky]

First time I have seen Al without a shovel.

First time we've seen Al for quite a while, really.

 

[JacksonburgFarmer]

I too have heard that the SIMPULL wire will not count correctly on the reel counters, however, that would not account for a shortage of wire, an overage yes....but shortage NO!!!!

I have had a supply house short me on wire cuts before....MAJOR PAIN IN THE REAR END!!!! Not my fault but I felt like a jackleg infront of the customer....

 

[electricalperson]

i hate it when wire cuts are too short. sometimes its not good that they are 30 feet too long either. all that money down the tubes

 

[RUWired]

Its kind of hard for the supply house to screw up the lengths with simpull

, the numbers are stamped on the jacket. With most of my wire pulls i order the wire parallel on one reel. If one or two come up short it's obvious.

 

[ptonsparky]

Needed some hi temp wire and one of my local competitors had a sealed bag marked 25'. There was only 15' in it. He checked another bag & it only had 15' as well. Normally he would only use a few inches at a time. He was not happy with that national chain supplier.

 

[mivey]

Its kind of hard for the supply house to screw up the lengths with simpull...

Or with anything, really. How hard can it be for goodness sakes? I can step off hundreds of feet within a few feet. Even so, how can you not notice 99' vs 144'? Count the coils or something. Put more than minimal effort into the task.

Just like when I order a hamburger with no onions, no mustard: it is on the ticket, it is on the counter display, it is on the prep display, but I still get onions & mustard = ???.

PS: I'm not going to ask why this wasn't noticed before the wire was pulled...

 

[ivsenroute]

Don't care if they are over but dont charge me.

But when they are short.....AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRRRR.

 

[petersonra]

We have ordered X length of wire and had it come in on a spool in several pieces. We even had one come in several pieces and one piece was a different size.

But not recently.

 

[Pierre C Belarge]

I would be willing to bet the person cutting the wire was on the phone while cutting the wire. I have seen more people working and on the phone in the last two years. Never would I allow it on my jobs. But I guess times have changed, as I see it on every job I go to, even when consulting.

 

[George Stolz]

Sadly they probably called into the microphone,
"345 ft of #1"

Are you getting your parts from Burger King?