- Wire & Cable Abbreviations
- S = service
J = Junior
O = Oil Resistant
T = Thermoplastic/Vinyl
W-A = Weather Approved
P = Parallel
E = Elastomer
- SEOW
- Extra hard service cord. Thermoplastic elastomer, oil resistant (TPE)
construction jacket. 600 volt, weather resistant for outdoor use.
- SJEW
- Hard service Thermoplastic or rubber-insulated conductors and overall
Thermoplastic jacket. All elastomer construction. 300V, 90ºC to 105ºC.
Weather resistant.
- SJEOW
- Hard service Thermoplastic or rubber-insulated conductors and oil
resistant overall Thermoplastic jacket. All elastomer construction.
300V, 90ºC to 105ºC. Weather resistant.
- SEW
- Extra hard service cord TPE jacketed all Thermoplastic Elastomer (TPE)
construction. 600V, 90ºC to 105ºC. Weather resistant for outdoor use.
- STW
- Extra hard service cord. Thermoplastic constructed jacket. 600 volt,
weather resistant for outdoor use.
- SJTW
- Hard service cord. Thermoplastic constructed jacket. 300 volt, weather
resistant for outdoor use.
- SPT-1
- Thermoplastic constructed cord, parallel jacketed, 300 volt, 2 or
3 conductor, 18 jacketed, 300 volt, 2 or 3 conductor, 18 gauge.
- SPT-2
- Same as SPT-1 except heavier construction. 18-16 gauge.
- SPT-3
- Same as SPT-2 except heavier construction. 18-10 gauge.
- SRDT
- Range and dryer cord, 3 conductor parallel or 4 conductors insulated
thermoplastic construction.
- SVT
- Vacuum cleaner service cord. All plastic construction, 2 or 3 conductor.
- TPE
- Abbreviation for thermoplastic elastomer compound used in Arctic/Tropic
(SJEOW) and Frigid-Flex (SJEW) cords.
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- AWG
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- American Wire Gauge. A relative system American Wire Gauge. A relative
system for the designation of diameter.
- Alternating Current (AC)
- Or line voltage-U.S. household standard current is 110/120 volts,
60 cycle.
- AMP Load
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- Total amount of amperage flowing through a conductor (wire) when
it is loaded.
- Bell Wire
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- Vinyl covered copper wire, normally 18 gauge, used for low voltage
wiring, ie: doorbell, chimes, etc.
- Centigrade
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- Metric temperature scale, where water freezes at 0º (compared to
32º Fahrenheit), and boils at 100º (compared to 212ºF).
- Circuit
-
- The path that electricity flows through a conductor.
- Compound
-
- Insulation or jacketing material of two or more ingredients.
- Conductor
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- Material (wire) that is capable of transporting an electrical charge
easily. Cords can be two points or a single wire or individual wires
in a cable.
- Continuity Test
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- Determines whether an electrical path exists between two points of
a single wire or individual wires in a cable.
- Cord
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- An insulated wire (conductor) for conveying current.
- Current
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- The flow of electricity through a conductor measured in amperes.
- Direct Current (DC)
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- An electrical current that flows in one direction. Batteries are
an example of DC current production.
- Decibel (db)
-
- A unit of power output (acoustical or electrical), for example, power
gain in amplifiers or power loss in cables.
- Diode
-
- An electrical component that passes current in one direction and
blocks it in the other direction.
- Fahrenheit
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- English temperature scale, where water freezes at 32º (compared to
0 Centigrade), and boils at 212º (compared to 100ºC).
- Gauge
-
- Term used to denote physical size of wire.
- Ground
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- Electrical term referring to connecting to the earth or large conducting
body to serve as earth.
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- Hot Conductor
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- Pertains to any ungrounded conductor, or energized wire.
- HPN
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- Parallel Heater Cord, typically Neoprene insulated two conductor.
- Insulation
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- Non-conductive material that surrounds or separates two conductive
materials (wire).
- Milliamp
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- One thousand (.001) of amp.
- NEMA
- National Electrical Manufacturers.
- OSHA
- Occupational Safety and Health Act. Specifically the Williams-Steiger
law passed in 1970 covering all factors relating to safety in places
of employment.
- Polarity
- Condition by which the direction of current flow can be determined
in an electrical circuit.
- Polarized Plug
- A plug constructed to allow insertion into a receptacle only one way because
one blade is wider than the other.
- Primary Wire
- Intended for low voltage applications, usually less then 50 volts.
Used mainly in autos/trucks or battery operated equipment.
- PVC
- Polyvinyl Chloride. Compound used in thermoplastic (SJTW, STW) cords.
- Rated Voltage
- Maximum voltage at which an electrical component can be operated for
extended periods without causing a safety hazard or undue degradation.
- Resistance
- A substance that impedes the flow of current resulting in loss of power, such
as heat.
- Sheath
- Outer jacket or covering of multi-conductor cable.
- Stranded Conductor
- A wire conductor comprised of a group of twisted or braided strands of wire,
providing flexibility a single strand of wire of the same gauge
cannot.
- Thermoplastic
- Plastic material that softens when heated and firms when cooled. Examples
are Poly Vinyl Chloride and Polyethylene.
- UL
- Underwriters Laboratories, an independent, non-profit organization
that operates a listing service for electrical/electronic materials/
equipment.
- Volt
- Unit to measure electromotive force.
- Watt
- Unit of electrical power defined as one amp of current driven by one
volt of electromotive force.
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