On January 10, 2017 at 12:03, Ernie Gilman said...
As for cost, yes, it's not a lot. Four cents a foot is $211 per mile. Is that a lot? How many miles do you use in your average installation? The price per million feet is misleading as it's still a small percentage of the price of a job. Besides, it's the million foot installation where you'd damn well better use the better cable, since so much more is on the line!
When you're installing low-voltage cabling in 3000+ production homes per year, where margins are already slim, then yes, every cent counts. If you're one-man-in-a-van (like many on this board) then I understand the lack of concern. Our production division has seven two-man crews running pre-wires and trim-outs every single day. Economies of scale run in both directions.
