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100' Southwire 12/3 SJTW Heavy Duty Extension Cord w/ Lighted End

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Amazon has 100' Southwire 12/3 SJTW Heavy Duty Extension Cord w/ Lighted End, Water Resistant Flexible Jacket (2549SWUSA1, Red/White/Blue) on sale for $53.25. Shipping is free.

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  • Reinforced blades protect prongs from bending and/or breaking
  • Made in the USA
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Update: This popular deal is still available

Amazon has 100' Southwire 12/3 SJTW Heavy Duty Extension Cord w/ Lighted End, Water Resistant Flexible Jacket (2549SWUSA1, Red/White/Blue) on sale for $53.25. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Deal Hunter gaamn114 for finding this deal.

Features:
  • For indoor and outdoor use
  • Water resistant
  • Reinforced blades protect prongs from bending and/or breaking
  • Made in the USA
  • UL listed and cUL listed

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  • About this Deal:
    • This offer matches the recent Frontpage Deal, now back in stock
    • Our research indicates that this deal is $56.74 less (52% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting at $109.99 at the time of this posting.
  • About this Product:
    • Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars at Amazon based on over 5,630 customer reviews.
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Model: Southwire 2549SWUSA1 100-Feet, Contractor Grade, 12/3 Extension Cord, With Lighted End; Red White And Blue, American Made Extension Cord, Indoor and Outdoor Use, Water Resistant Flexible Jacket

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To prevent cords from being stolen, put some tape around some sections of the cord. Thick enough to look like a repair.

People have left my "repaired" cords alone. Even found one sitting in a parking lot after it fell off my truck.
I grew up in a town with a Southwire factory. It's most definitely made in America! It's a family owned company as well.
You also need to factor in resistance over distance.

The longer the cord, the lower the peak.

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Apr 18, 2025
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Masejoer
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Quote from WildRigger47 :
That potential high resistance factor between each plug/receptacle, especially on joining cords, is very real and very true. Any such connection 'may' make a fine and adequate electrical connection for under load OR it 'may' not, at which point it will cause significant heating/melting at that plug in.
You apparently haven't seen the reality of this as in a space heater or other higher load device melting the plug & wall outlet receptacle, even tho the space heater would be within the 15 or 20 amp outlet rating.

Now that's just one wall socket plug in. (Another "pass-through" as you would call it) Imagine the potential with 2, 3, or 4 cord's plug-in connections to string them together. There is no guaranteed 'pass through' without any potential high resistance point of issue.
Attached pic is one example.
I think you guys are coming at this from different directions. He never said that you won't have a failure at a connection, but that a connection (if clean) will have no real impact on the total losses ("max continuous Amperage rating") over the length of the cable. The wire size and length are where you get too much Voltage drop over a longer length, and four 10awg 25ft extensions cords will have the same Amperage limits as one 10awg 100ft extension cord. One can burn up a connection at 1A if it's filthy or worn enough...

I prefer 10awg at 100ft though, and 8awg at 200ft, for extension cords. Two 50ft 10awg are far easier to deal with than a 100ft. 16awg copper is fine at 200ft for lighter duty.
Last edited by Masejoer April 17, 2025 at 09:22 PM.
Apr 18, 2025
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PedroR
Apr 18, 2025
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Quote from fryth :
I prefer shorter lengths i can chain together. Easier to deal with and coil, especially since most of the time you don't need a 100 ft length.
indeed! 50s are far more usable
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WildRigger47
Apr 18, 2025
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Quote from Masejoer :
I think you guys are coming at this from different directions. He never said that you won't have a failure at a connection, but that a connection (if clean) will have no real impact on the total losses ("max continuous Amperage rating") over the length of the cable. The wire size and length are where you get too much Voltage drop over a longer length, and four 10awg 25ft extensions cords will have the same Amperage limits as one 10awg 100ft extension cord. One can burn up a connection at 1A if it's filthy or worn enough...I prefer 10awg at 100ft though, and 8awg at 200ft, for extension cords. Two 50ft 10awg are far easier to deal with than a 100ft. 16awg copper is fine at 200ft for lighter duty.
We actually weren't coming from 2 different directions. I disagree with about 95% of everything you just said, otherwise I wouldn't have even replied.
This was all about each additional plug/receptacle connection of those choosing to string shorter length cords together. Specifically each connection interface. His exact pertinent words were "The plugs are pass throughs and wouldn't have any effect on amperage". The keywords "wouldn't have any effect" is saying that he believes there won't be any losses at any plug/receptacle interface, period.

The bigger point is... It's not just a dirty, filthy, or worn connection that causes most of the high resistance problems. Most times the contacts are perfectly clean, but in this age of cheaply made plugs/receptacles, the problem is thin contacts in the cord receptacle (oftentimes just making contact onto one side of a plug's blade, or even in cases of 2-sided/sandwiched) the contacts are perfectly clean/new, yet makes too loose and weak point of contact, plus with not nearly enough contact point surface area when they do make contact.
I've seen it numerous times.

A 1 amp load bad connection isn't going to do diddly to a 15 or 20 amp rated plug or receptacle blade. It can dissipate that level of heat. A bad ≥10A-20A load connection not so much.
Also when you start talking 200' distance, something's wrong if you don't have a closer alternate power source to use or a generator to place within 20-50 feet. I really question your experience when you're also talking a 200 foot 8 gauge extension cord. smh
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Sam's Club has same size yellow jacket for similar price fyi

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