Yellow Jacket 2883 12/3 Heavy-Duty 15-Amp SJTW Contractor Extension Cord with Lighted Ends; 25-Feet

You have to wear gloves when you use this product and wash your hands afterward because it has unsafe chemicals in it. Buy American.

My neighbor let me borrow his. This wire is heavy duty. It holds up really well for rugged use. I am using it to power my electric lawn mower. Other wires are very heavy compared to these because they do not use probably as high quality, low density material for construction. I find this wiring to be very easy to use for my lawn care. It is nice that it has grounding. The fact that it lights up to show you if current is passing through is also a plus. I am not an electrician but from reading the description of the product and how 12/3 15 amp cables are made, I am confident this product is going to last me a long time and has good conductivity. Worst case scenario 50 years from now, I will just strip it of its plastic casing and melt down the inner copper. lol

Needed a good extension cord. This one works just fine. Would buy it again.

i had to buy this to operate an electric chainsaw. heavy duty. no kinks to it. got a bargain. is a good addition towards my diy projects.

it comes with a warning that you should wash your hands after use. *can cause cancer* well im sure they wouldnt be selling this product if it was causing cancer for everyone. But there is still that possibility. after researching i found out this is referring to the materials used in making this extension cord which is lead. but yeah im sure they can figure out a way to make these products without lead in them. Also, $50 CAD is a bit expensive for such an extension cord (25 ft with just 1 plug). so I dont see the value for money. but other than that this gets the job done.

I picked up two of these 8/2021 when the price was $32.40. Cant beat that price for an outstanding 12/3 outdoor rated cord. These are typically around $60-70 at most supply houses and home stores. So even if the Amazon price fluctuates its probably a better buy here than at most retail stores. Real nice, flexible, and durable jobsite cords that should last for many years.

I ordered this to go with my electric lawn mower, and it works great, just wished I had ordered a longer one.

This is a basic HEAVY DUTY 100foot extension cord with a 12/3 wire size. For those new to extension cord wire sizes, the lower the first number, the better... so 10 is better than 12, and 8 is better than 10. When I say better, I mean that the lower gauge (lower numbered) cords actually use a thicker wire, which contains more metal, (hopefully copper!) and thus have a better ability to conduct electricity flow, which means more power to that item which is being supplied electricity by the cord. Many home power outlets supply a maximum of 15 amps of electricity, which is about 1875 watts, but in order to convey all of that electricity through an extension cord, without excessive losses, the cord must be a bit heftier than the 16/3 size 100ft. cords you buy for $20 to $30 at hardware stores, warehouse clubs, and various other stores. You really dont need a cord this thick to power most home appliances, and tools. You can run almost any 120volt device with a 16/3 thickness extension cord; however there are some applications which call for a cord of this thickness. Once such application is an electric chainsaw I recently purchased which draws a full 15 amps of power. This was the minimum thickness of 100 foot cord that was advisable for said electric chainsaw. Extension cords are not high on features. This one does have lighted ends, which are nice lets say if you have a power outage, and you turn on your generator, at night, and then run an extension cord from your generator into the house... at least youll be able to see the female end of the cord, in the dark, so that you may plug a light into it, or instead plug in your TV if that has a higher priority. This is a nice extension cord and there are many cords, at local stores, which are less expensive but appear to have the same thickness as this one. This is an illusion! If stores are selling a 100ft. cord which is as thick as this one, and the price is much lower, its because their cord is a small wire cord which has a very very thick plastic insulation around it. Thick plastic insulation is a gimmick and is no substitute for the numbers. The numbers for this cord are 12/3 and the numbers for the cheaper immitation at your local store are probably much higher and thus much inferior. Remember, plastic does not conduct electricity, so you dont want thick plastic... you want thick metal. With quality cords, such as this one, the metal wire inside the plastic insulation is copper and thick copper at that! Copper is super expensive, so when you pay that extra money to get this cord, its because you are paying for all that copper... and you will know it when you hold this cord because it is noticeably heavier than the cheapy cords. Buy this cord and hold onto it for 20 years, and you might be able to melt it down, for the copper, and finance your kids education with the money from selling the copper... but, dont hold your breath on the price of copper going to $6000 per pound. If you do buy this 12/3 cord, youll appreciate that it is almost impossible to get this cord permanently twisted and tangled, which invariably happens to the 16/3 cheapy cords. Seniors would do well to think twice before buying this cord, though, because some may liken moving this cord around to dragging an elephant by the tail. For everyone else who needs a thick, quality, HEAVY DUTY extension cord, this one fits the bill nicely.

but I purchased it as an accessory for my champion generator and find it useful. I wanted something heavy duty to use in an emergency and this fits the bill. It is great for outdoor use to run the line inside my house so I dont have to worry about the need for electricity.

Excellent Product!