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HT plain wire - what length in a roll?

  • 04-04-2012 10:56am
    #1
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭


    Quick one...

    Anyone know off hand what length of wire is in a 2.5mm (25kg roll) of HT tinsley plain wire?

    Thanks

    Muckit


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  • #2
    pakalasa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


    A quick calculation - 2.5mm diameter & 7.87 g/cm3 (normal for steel), then that gives a length of 650 metres for a 25Kg roll. In theory anyway..


  • #3
    pakalasa
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    Are you sure it's 2.5mm. 12G wire is 2.05mm which would work out at about 965Metres for 25Kg.
    I was thinking about getting some myself...


  • #4
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    Hi Pak

    Yes it's 2.5mm. Have one roll left over from a few years ago and had the label still on it. Thought I'd get the length off it, but only the dia and the weight!

    I've about 2km of single strand to put up over the Easter.


  • #5
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    pakalasa wrote: »
    A quick calculation - 2.5mm diameter & 7.87 g/cm3 (normal for steel), then that gives a length of 650 metres for a 25Kg roll. In theory anyway..

    Just rang hardware there. You were spot on the first time ;)

    Thanks


  • #6
    MfMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,506 ✭✭✭MfMan


    Got a few rolls of the green Tinsley stuff recently, 'twas 200m per roll, c. €45 a time.


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  • #7
    pakalasa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


    25 Kg of 12G (2.05mm) high tensile is €59 with Glanbia.

    http://www.glanbiaagribusiness.ie/docs/default-document-library/1063-glan-spring-farm-hw-lr.pdf


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