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1500+ ft. of 6 awg solid copper wire.

post #1 of 12
8/10/11 at 4:54pm
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Is there anything I can do with this copper wire besides recycle it? Thank you. 

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post #2 of 12
8/10/11 at 10:04pm
Perhaps some truly awesome speaker cables. biggrin.gif

Seriously, is it solid or stranded? You could wire the mains to your house (or even your neighborhood) with that!
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post #3 of 12
8/10/11 at 10:07pm
Oops, just saw it was solid. Sorry.

How flexible is it? That much must weigh quite a bit. Can you even lift it or is it on an industrial sized spool?
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post #4 of 12
8/10/11 at 10:11pm
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I have it off of the spool. It is pretty flexible. I also have some pieces that are sleeved and have 15 strands each cable. I can't lift all of it, but 20-35 ft. lengths are a lot easier to manage. I just want to try and make use of some of it before I recycle it. 

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post #5 of 12
8/10/11 at 10:24pm
You could sell all that copper for a decent amount of money at your local tip or similar, then use that to buy some more manageable wire biggrin.gif
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post #6 of 12
8/10/11 at 10:26pm
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Originally Posted by JoshuaaT View Post

I have it off of the spool. It is pretty flexible. I also have some pieces that are sleeved and have 15 strands each cable. I can't lift all of it, but 20-35 ft. lengths are a lot easier to manage. I just want to try and make use of some of it before I recycle it. 


15 strands to make a 6 awg cable? I am confused.

Is it all multiple strand or are some solid pieces actually 6awg?
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post #7 of 12
8/10/11 at 10:32pm
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No, those cables have 15 strands. Sorry, the stranded cables are actually 10awg each. The other wire is 6 awg. All of it is solid, so I have 15 strand 10 awg and single 6 awg wire.

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post #8 of 12
8/10/11 at 11:16pm

sell it.

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post #9 of 12
8/10/11 at 11:28pm
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Originally Posted by Br777 View Post

sell it.



I am. I just wanted to know if I could use any of it for something. 

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post #10 of 12
8/10/11 at 11:48pm

copper is steap! sell high buy low! hold on to it for a little while longer and wait for copper to hike. you'll know when ppl start stealing copper pipes from plumber trucks and building water mains.

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post #11 of 12
8/11/11 at 9:48am
The 10awg would probably make good speaker cable. Not sure what you would do with the 6awg. Probably good for grounding wire. Perhaps a ground buss.
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post #12 of 12
8/11/11 at 2:12pm
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Originally Posted by jdkJake View Post

The 10awg would probably make good speaker cable...


Right, the 10 gauge would be perfect for speaker or power cable. The solid 6 gauge would be too thick and unmanageable for most audio uses imho.

 

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