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10X12X15 = 1800 cu inches/1728 cu inches in a cubic ft = 1.04+ Cubic feet.
Outside deminisions of these boxes are closer to these measurements
11.X12.5X15.5 = 2131.5 cu in /1728 = 1.23+ (I think that there are big storage vendors that actually use 1.25 per box.
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>From: "Jones, Virginia" <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Jul 2, 2008 12:11 PM
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>Subject: [RM] Cubic Feet of Standard Records Box
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>In the course of a related project, I had to calculate the cubic feet of
>several box sizes. In doing the cubic foot calculation I learned
>thousands of years ago in school (length times width times height) I was
>surprised to see that a standard records box contains 1.04 cubic feet.
>Yet, most records storage companies list this box as 1.2 cubic feet.
>Can someone from a CRC explain how the 1.2 cubic feet is calculated?
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>Ginny Jones
>(Virginia A. Jones, CRM, FAI)
>Records Manager
>Information Technology Division
>Newport News Dept. of Public Utilities
>Newport News, VA
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