12-2 wg wiring price alert

[Jim O'Dell]

Just thought I'd let all of you who are building/remodeling your shops, if you need some wire for your 110 circuits, I ran into a great deal at the Blue Borg today. I always go to the orange one first, and usually find slightly better prices there. Got their price, (44. something) actually had a 250 foot roll in hand, then remembered.......the afternoon project I needed the wire for also needed some glass globes (ceiling fan in my wife's music studio), and the ones we found she liked were at the blue borg. So I put it back, priced some other things I was interested in, the went down the street. I found the same stuff marked $26.90!!! Same 250 ft roll!!! I asked the guy if that was right because the price card just said uf, not uf-b. He said it was. about 4 feet down the shelf they have the 100 foot roll of the same stuff, slightly different package, but I'm pretty sure the same brand, and it was $31.40. So I went and got a cart, grabbed 2 rolls and expected a fight at the register, but it rang up #26.90/roll.
So, I now have enough wire for all of the 110 circuits when I finally get to work on my shop remodel. Hope if any of you need some wire for 110, that your local blue borg has the same price!!! Jim.

[Jim Becker]

Jim, is it grey? (to the best of my knowledge, UF usually is and is for outdoor use) I believe you want NM which lately has been yellow in color for 12 guage, although some places still sell it with a white cover. If it is the outdoor stuff, it's "not pretty" to strip and terminate and harder to bend around corners.

[Jim O'Dell]

Yes Jim, it is the grey outdoor stuff. In the building I will be using it in, I will have no heat or A/C, except for the 10 X 12 office/dog isloation room, and then probably only when we have a sick dog in there. The main shop (20 X 24) and the finishing room (12 X 14) will not be temperature controlled. So even though it might be tougher to use, and probably overkill (my middle name!!!!) I decided at that price, I'd go ahead and do it. It was actually about the same price as the indoor-yellow- packaged the same way. And I'm used to heavy hard to strip wiring. I used to install car audio for a living (younger days when I could curl up in the trunk of a Mustang, now I have trouble getting in the front seat of one). We used a lot of heavy guage power wire from the batterieis to the trunk for amplifiers. The car manufacturers don't build in slots for this stuff to run ;-).
But you're right, it may not be for everyone. Jim.

[Chris Padilla]

Good price, Jim. I just picked up a 250' roll of 12/3 Indoor from HD for $44 last night. It was the best price between my local h/w store and HD. I have some older 12/2 and I noticed that the 12/3 requires a much smaller hole to poke it through studs than the older 12/2!! Upon closer inspection, I see the 12/3 has a lot thinner insulation around it than the 12/2. I'm not sure I like that but that is what's available....

[Steve Clardy]

Good price on the wire Jim. Makes me want to quite dumpster diving for it. That gets a little messy at times. Lol
Steve