Heads up on wiring prices.

[Bernie]

Lowes $99.00

Amazon $50.40

I am moving the laundry room downstairs and thoughtI would run new wire from a common point to the new location, blah blah blah and did some wire shopping ya know.

Thought I would share.

[gadje]

cuprum is expensive

[mikebw]

That's a significant difference in price!

[gadje]

buy on Amazon, put up a folding table in Lowe's parking lot and sell these at $75

[mikebw]

gadje wrote:
buy on Amazon, put up a folding table in Lowe's parking lot and sell these at $75

Or, not that I would ever condone or do this myself, but "return" them to Lowe's for store credit!

[Speedy]

Boy, have I been out of it for far too long. My use of Romex only included three wires; a hot, a neutral and a ground. Now they come with five wires. Holy moly.

[JoeH]

Speedy wrote:
Boy, have I been out of it for far too long. My use of Romex only included three wires; a hot, a neutral and a ground. Now they come with five wires. Holy moly.

Comment on the Amazon listing is that they have the wrong item pictured, they provide a picture of the actual wire bought. Would be interesting to know what the pictured wire is used for, the two conductors on the left side are visibly smaller gauge.

[GGD]

Southwire Romex SIMpull 25-ft 10/3 Solid Non-Metallic Wire (By-the-Roll)

What's it made from that conducts electricity?

[Filliam H. Muffman]

Doing a search, the two extra conductors are for controls like dimmer circuits.

Home Depot lists it as "SIMpull NM-B-PCS Duo Cable."

[datbeme]

Speaking for anyone living in the Chicago area, I forgot that Romex still existed.