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is there a scarp/recycle market for used cat 5 data cable (long lengths) - we have a couple of tonnes available. Colour coded verified ATT standard 4 twisted pair
The larger the amount is, the lower the value by unit length. Cut it into 1 metre patch cables, and PC World will try and sell it to you for thrity quid! Sell it in bulk and you'll get a fraction of that.
You could try contacting one of the home automation installation companies and seeing if they'd be interested in taking it from you. Otherwise, ebay isn't a bad place to try. Again though, selling it as shorter lengths will probably get you more money than selling it in bulk.
it's solid copper, used for installing under raised floor in offices - useless as patch leads - the latter are made from stranded copper, so the cable can flex without breaking so much. We are removing cat 5 cable & installing cat 5E cable - it allowws faster data transmission
Must be a lot of offices. I wonder how old the cable is. Talk about a throwaway society. I hope the archticts never claimed these were 'green' offices. Anyway, three tonnes at £8000 per tonne is a nice little earner.
you may get £500 tonne at the right place some scrappies have grinders were they mince up the cable then extract the copper or they may put it down as mixed metals , my local one usely gives me this for electricial cable off cuts, switches , boards etc
I used to install cat5 back in the day when it paid well , I thought it ran up to 10meg aren't they up to cat 6-7 now , even though a 10meg connection is still way fast enough
My friends a business consultant apprantly there are 2 approaches he uses 1. your not spending enough on IT 2. your spending to much on IT
he gets paid very well using this simple formula flowered up in some manner
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