Interesting. I was on a job site in the Philly area yesterday, and apparently there had been a theft

[madinmaryland]

of about 100K feet of Category-6 UTP data cabling.

Then I read a post here by someone wanting to melt down copper.

Hmmm. :think:

Though, I would suggest stripping the wire of it's insulation or you will die from the fumes of the insulating jacket(s).

[Pierre.Suave]

1. LOL

how much copper would that be anyway? barely enough to make it worthwhile I bet.

[madinmaryland]

2. Well, there are probably unscrupulous contractors that

would buy the stuff and install it in the residential market.

You might be able to sell it to a junk dealer, though a lot of those guys won't touch the stuff, unless it really looks like material that can from a site being demo'd.

Melting it down, yourself, no.

[hobbit709]

3. Have you priced that cable lately?

Lists for about $80 per 1000 feet.

[madinmaryland]

4. Most of the stuff we installed in the office environment is plenum rated and costs

$300/1000ft. It ain't cheap.

[conscious evolution]

5. That would take forever to strip

Let em have it.Cat-6 is the biggest pain in the ass ever to terminate.

[madinmaryland]

6. Have you seen some of the new termination assemblies for Cat-6

cabling? Pretty slick!

I'm going to the BICSI Conference in Baltimore next week.