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

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.

good cord. packaged with a bunch of turns in the cord. for a high quality cord maybe they can coil using the over under method or similar method so the cord doesnt take a set with the 50 plus turns in it from the factory coil job. good cord, bad coil method for packaging.

Pricey but great quality, flexibility, tough chord ends. You get what you pay for.

Bought this mainly to run an air compressor with a 15 amp draw as well as other outdoor power tools. I was using a 16ga standard orange 100 ft extension cord that just wasnt cutting it considering the cord coming off the compressor was 14ga. It kept tripping the breaker on cold starts until the motor warmed up, so after a little research I decided the cord needed an upgrade. I considered buying the 10ga but took a gamble on this product since it was double the price and it runs the compressor like it was plugged straight into the wall. You notice the difference in quality over your standard cheap Christmas light extension cords, and having a lighted connection is a plus. Flexibility is good and does not seem to be an issue even in colder weather. Very happy with the company that makes this and would buy their products again.

Excellent quality extension cord for a very reasonable price. Would buy again!

Great product

I use it for my electric snowblower and with the amount of power that the equipment needs, never had any problems so far.

This is great and is what I expected. It is long enough and seems extremely durable. I would purchase this again.

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

These cords have a nice flexible and smooth insulation and being 12 gauge it carries your power with minimum loss. I plug this in first and use a regular 14 guage cord for the next 25 feet I need and get no loss of power like you will if you use a thin cord from the start.