Buy SO Cable & SOOW Cable

In this post we would just like to share a little information on what I guess we would call attention to detail. We have spent a fair amount of time in this business and one thing we know for sure is that pricing is, and has always been, volatile. When it comes to SO cable or SO cord the primary driver in price is copper cost. The larger the awg size of course, the more the copper differential will come into play. A handy site to keep at your disposal is www.nymex.com. Here you can get daily spot copper pricing.

We say all of this because we see quite a few sites out there that allow you to buy SO cable from a shopping cart. Now, these may all be fine companies but as a consumer you would be far better served to make the phone call. Odds are that with so many different items to keep up with, it is unlikely that most of these sites are updating their pricing on a daily basis. While this is certainly their prerogative, it does not help you as a consumer. If you are just blindly buying this item from a shipping cart we would wager that you are paying more than you need to. Consider this a public service announcement from your friends at Delco Wire and Cable. Call us for your SO or SOOW cable needs at 1-800-714-9473 or visit us at www.delcowireus.com

If SO cables were always used as permanent power sources, abrasion resistance wouldn’t matter. You’d install equipment once, attach the cable, and leave it there for years. Water resistance would be a main advantage, but abrasion concerns would be minimal. The reality is that SO cable is often used as a temporary power source. It’s dragged over concrete to power a portable fan at a workshop or pulled through the mud at every stop on a circus tour. And after all that abuse, it’s gathered up roughly, stuffed in the back of a storage unit, and expected to perform perfectly the next time.

SO cable takes a beating, and that’s why abrasion resistance is such a benefit. Water resistance is nice, but if the jacket breaks every time it hits a snag, it would be very impractical. By virtue of its strong outer jacket, SO cable is heavy-duty and reliable and just may be the right choice for you.

If you are looking for price and availability for SO cord or SOOW cable contact us at 1-800-714-9473 or visit our website at www.delcowireus.com

In our last post we talked about the difference between SO cable and Type W cable. If you need something more robust than Type W you would then move up to Type G cable or Type GGC. The difference is the G has 4 conductors and the GGC has two or three conductors. Type G is similar to Type W in that both are 2000 volt rated and 90 degree C rated. However the W does not have ground conductors where the G has a ground conductor for every primary conductor as well as 2 additional grounds. Ground wire size depends on what gauge size the primary cable is.

For example if a cable is called out to be a 2 awg 3 conductor GGC the cable would have a total of three 2 awg conductors, two 7 awg grounds and one 10 awg ground check. In a 2 awg 3 conductors type W cable you would only have the three 2 awg insulated conductors.

To see a chart showing the specs and ground wire you can go to our site here. If you have any questions on Type W, Type G or SOOW cable please feel free to contact Delco at 1-800-714-9473.