I finally looked up how much RG6 we actually go through each month

Honestly, I never really thought about it until our warehouse guy showed me the numbers last week. I found out my crew alone goes through about 3,200 feet of RG6 coax cable every month, which blew my mind. That's almost a mile of cable just from three trucks running residential installs in the Nashville area. We're doing an average of 12 jobs per truck per day, and each one takes about 80 to 90 feet for a standard home run. The stat came from our inventory system that tracks every spool we pull. Has anyone else ever checked their monthly totals and gotten surprised by how much cable you're burning through?

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avery_flores11d ago

Are you pulling that off 500 foot spools or the big 1000 foot ones? Seems like the smaller spools would drive up your waste with the leftover stubs.

corah7511d ago

Wait, you're seriously pulling off 1000 foot spools for residential work? That sounds like a nightmare to move around inside someone's house!

williamw7511d ago

I remember reading something from a pro installer a while back that said the 500 foot spools actually save you money in the long run if you're doing smaller residential jobs. He made a good point that stubs under 10 feet can be reused for short jumper runs or patch cables anyway, so the waste isn't as bad as people think. I've been sticking with the 500 footers myself for house runs and haven't had any issues with leftover piles adding up. That said, if you're pulling through a big commercial space the 1000 foot spool probably makes more sense to avoid extra splices.