8/3 SOOW SO Portable Power Cord Outdoor Durable Flexible Wire Cable 600V (25 ft)

Excellent quality and price was lower than local hardware chains. This has the perfect amount of flexibility if you need a cord to attach to a welder or air compressor with higher amp loads. Always check the wiring requirements of your equipment. My air compressor motor instructions said to use 8 AWG for 50 foot runs and 6 AWG for 100 foot runs. I found that if you need to feed it into a tight screw terminal area it helps to pre-twist and shape it into what you want, then flux and solder it so the wires stay together when you shove them into the terminal and you won't have little stray wires that come bend back when you insert it. The SOOW type wire is a must if you are routing it thru tight spaces, as the air compressor switch I was using it for had an extremely tight bend in the conduit leading into the housing, and larger strand wire just was unmanageable and too hard to make tight bends, as the insulation thickness would limit the arc of the bend.

good price

I really wanted cable that was UL and CSA approved, but after giving it a LOT of thought, I decided that my insistence on those approvals was 'overkill.' After coming to that conclusion, it made the choice of this 100' section of 8/3 SOOW an easy one. The cable soon arrived and I carefully inspected every aspect of it. It's very well made and the outside insulation composition and thickness are easily and beyond adequate to provide the safety I wanted. By the way, if you're making the 'typical' 100' generator extension cord, and you're going to go with 10/3 to save some money - I think you're making a mistake. Give your generator and appliances a break. Go 'up' to #8 gauge wire. What's the difference? A lot actually: when pulling 20 Amps, the 10/3 will lose 60% more Watts than the 8/3.

Just what I needed to make an extention cord

Easy to work with. Heavy duty. No disappointment

Worked wonderfully for my project! Thanks

Brand was advertised as Carol, I got Southwire Royal. Maybe I missed some fine print...Anyhow should work fine for the application.

I used this on my 7500W workshop heater mounted on a swivel. I was previously using a dryer power cable, which when cold, would stiffen to the point where I couldn't point it in the desired direction. This cable stays flexible in temps down to the single digits (hasn't gotten colder than that since I installed it).