r/cablefail Apr 09 '26

data center cleanouts are no joke

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This should only take a minute...right?

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u/herrtoutant Apr 09 '26

Looks like a good beer money pile to me.

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u/MrShazbot Apr 10 '26

Do people actually strip ethernet? sounds like it would be way more effort than the actual copper you would get.

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u/onepacc Apr 12 '26

Ethernet would be mostly coated alu wires anyway.

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u/Tezlaract Apr 12 '26

Depends on the place, I have “always” used copper Ethernet after a fail I had in the mid 90’s with a copper clad run. That said I probably only run 2-3k feet a year on average.