Bulk cable often has length markers printed on the cable every two feet. Find the measurement at the two ends and calculate the difference.
On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 4:41 PM, John Mort <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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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