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?
>>>
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