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Re: [TCML] magnet wire
Hi Jim, all,
The Essex distributor in Memphis (Essex-Brownell)
sells it in reasonably small quantities, as in single, pre-
wound and prewieghed 6" spools (generally 8 to 12 lbs.)
or 12" spools (generally 80 to120 lbs.) - at least they still
did the last time that I purchased from them. That was
probably 3 or 4 years ago now. However, they did not,
nor does any other distributor, as far as I know,
sell it by the foot. Suppose there isn't too much pro-
cessing involved in selling manufactured copper wire in
prewound, preweighed spools.
David Rieben
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From: "Jim Lux" <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [TCML] magnet wire
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Subject: Re: [TCML] magnet wire
Thanks Dave,
I found an Essex distributor who sells original factory spooled Essex wire
for less. They also include a warning about buying respooled wire.
Since a big part of the cost of the wire is the cost of the copper used to
make it, and the price of copper varies quite a bit, it's perfectly
reasonable to get better or worse prices from various vendors at various
times, particularly at retail. There was a time when Lowes was selling
AWG12 house wire amazingly cheaply, because they had bought a huge amount,
then the price of copper went up, but they were selling it at a price
based on the amount they paid.
Someone who is a small resale sort of operation might buy several hundred
pounds of wire, set their prices accordingly, and sell small quantities
for quite a while before going out and buying another big batch.
While buying direct from the mfr is nice (you have good quality control
and handling), a lot of times, there will be a minimum order that's fairly
large. 1000 ft of wire, for instance, is an order much too small for a
big distributor to handle. Their order processing costs will probably be
larger than the cost of the wire.
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