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Rowdy, you have a point: The organisation that was to become the European Union was founded in the 50's to control the European steel and coal resources. This to prevent any one country from building a powerful military. The construction boom in China has been going on for many years and more building materials is needed each year as the economy grows. Even India is building like never before and must use up a lot of building materials. I suppose it's possibly that the crisis in Asia in the late 90's hid the effects of this boom by reducing construction in all the other countries. Nevertheless, it seems unlikely that the effect should come suddenly this year.
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Just got back from a price check @ BigOrange
(Hang onto your shorts)
1/2" EMT - $1.97 3/4" EMT - $4.97 2" EMT - $15.49 2" RMC - $35.95
12 AWG cu sol - $25.00 / 500' 14 AWG cu sol - $18.49 / 500'
EEEEEEK!
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I hope I'm not "flogging a dead horse" here but while surfing the net (I usually read on automation stuff, as that is what we mostly work on), I found this article. Interesting read! http://www.machinedesign.com/ASP/strArticleID/56324/strSite/MDSite/viewSelectedArticle.asp Observation: When Mexico started to be the place of Manufacturers to move (lower labour costs), everybody got concerned but atleast they purchased; Support, materials and equipment from Canada and the United States. This in eccence kept some sort of money flowing on the North American Continent ( Canada,USA,Mexico). China, different story: To far away! I guess everybody forgets, "What Goes ($) Around, ($)Comes Around" Humm, Ok now that is off my chest and I'm shopping for a new vehicle, maybe that article will help influence my decision!!!!
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Its not just electrical guys, all construction materials are sky rocketing. I am building a new house right now. The framing package was $17K ten months ago. I was going to start building then but had to have spine surgery so I held off till this spring. Now the framing package is $26K...ouch.
I got wind of the copper increase before the end of last year and bought 180,000 ft of 12/2 @ $92 per thousand. It has helped because now it's at $138 per thousand here.
Did a restaurant service this week and paid $1.42 a foot for 3/0 THHN. Put a bid into the GC to go to the xfmr bank (up the pole) to the CT can and he flipped. Kinda expensive to parallel 4/0 copper for 225 ft!
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arsegee, You spent $67,000 on wire?! Where do you keep all those pallets??
Peter
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D*mn scared myself there for a minute CT, I meant 720 rolls which is 180,000ft. Almost had to go check my bank balance there. LOL. I'd better edit that ... Thanks
[This message has been edited by arseegee (edited 03-24-2004).]
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My supplier told me about the wire and pipe increase, so I went to the Depot and bought over 15,000 ft of #12 Stranded at about $17 a spool(500') and about 5,000' of 1/2" emt at $1.09 a stick. I'm good for a month or two. but after that, prices better go down.
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