Thank you! The distance meter evaded my googlemancy and looks exactly like what I need.
On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 3:01 PM, Robert <[email protected]> < [email protected]> wrote: > > Klein Tools VDV501-089 VDV Distance Meter > > http://amzn.to/1JlKyTT > > On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 1:54 PM, John Mort <[email protected]> wrote: > >> We just finished a big project that included running a bunch of cable for >> workstations. We have another such project scheduled for the end of the >> year. Though we bought a bunch of new boxes of cable for this last project >> and I'm confident that we have enough cable for this next one, I'd like to >> be sure. >> >> The idea occurred to me that we could cut out a section of cable and >> weigh it, then weigh the boxes of cable, determine the weight of an empty >> box and subtract that, then use division to determine how many feet of >> cable are left in the box. >> >> Has anyone done anything like this before? What kind of scale did you >> use? Is there a better way to do this? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org >> https://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug >> >> Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College * >> May 6 - Cgroups, Containers, Docker And Me >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > https://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College * > May 6 - Cgroups, Containers, Docker And Me > >
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