The jobsite is wet, with mud and puddles of water - and you need to operate your power tools to get the job done. There’s not a GFCI circuit to plug into. NO PROBLEM. wattswire.com/DFJ
When working in wet or moist conditions, or out in the open on bare ground, the risk of shock or electrocution due to a faulty ground circuit in your tools or power supply cord is a very real risk.
While jobsite code pertaining to temporary power supply boxes while construction is underway requires GFCI (Ground Fault Circuit Interruption) outlets, there can be lapses. Or, if working at an existing business or home site, no such circuit may be where you are.
At times like this, it’s easy to fall into the temptation to simply use your usual cord and get to work. Don’t do it! There is a better and MUCH SAFER way!
Watts Wire® offers a suite of GFCI extension cords. We made use of the 3’ (91cm) multi-outlet lighted power cord. The unit is very well made with heavy-duty double-jacketed yellow cordage, robust semi-translucent plug ends, and a beefy set/reset control box.
The cord strain protectors are very nice, and the cordage is rated for 15 amps, 125 volts, and 1875 watts. While there are three outlets on the end of the cord, you need to keep in mind that the COMBINED power draw must not exceed the rating of the cord.
A feature of ALL the Watts Wire® GCGI extension cords we REALLY like is the triple tap end with the three plugs angled slightly away from each other. This allows you to use bulky plugs without them colliding with each other. GREAT feature!
After seeing the quality of these products, we can see why Watts Wire® doesn’t hesitate to provide a 3-year warranty against all manufacturing defects. If there is a defect in the warranty period, they’ll replace your cord free of charge. Nice.
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We’ll review this product after it’s been at work for a year and tell you what we think after it’s been used in a variety of settings and projects! Watch for the review HERE:
Hey, Dirt Farmer Jay here from DirtFarmerJay.com.
My friends at Watts Wire sent me some great products
to review and this particular one is a GFCI three-way
power cord that you can use on the job site
to make sure that you're shock protected.
Stay tuned and I'll tell you what I think about it.
Hey, Dirt Farmer Jay here from DirtFarmerJay.com.
We love to review products that we think
are gonna be helpful to you.
Our friends at WattsWire.com, W-A-T-T-S, Wire,
W-I-R-E.com sent us products with the caveat
that we would be able to review them
exactly the way we really think about them.
Well, so far, initially, we've been very impressed
and what we're looking at this particular product
is when you're at an outdoor job site
and you wanna make sure that the power
that is supplying your tools is ground fault protected.
You're out there standing in wet conditions,
perhaps in a puddle of water,
holding an electrical appliance, a saw,
and you wanna make sure that if there is a short,
the whole circuit will shut off.
Well, a lot of times on job sites,
they have a GFCI outlet that does that,
but if you get someplace that there isn't,
this will provide you the protection you need
by plugging it in to a grounded outlet.
Well, let's go ahead and take the card off of this
and take a look at some of the features of this
and we'll test it right here,
shutting it on and off using the trip button.
Here we go.
All right, some of the things we like about this right away
is it's heavy duty, it's very flexible.
This is 12-gauge wire, 12-3, nice plug-ins.
Look at the quality of the plug-ins.
And when you plug this in, we'll show you in a moment here,
there is a indicator that lights up
that lets you know that power is coming
to the tap on the end.
Now look at the construction
that Watts Wire has done on their tap ends.
You can see the wire conductors inside of it.
And notice that because the angle of the ends
are off at a different angle,
that allows for bulkier plug-ins
to be used on the other side without them colliding.
Really nice stress protector right there
that helps the cord transition into this block right here.
And then everything in it seems to be really well made.
Now let's look at the specification card
that came with the product
to get you some very particular information.
First of all, this is a 15-amp rated unit,
125 volt up to 1875 Watts.
It is a GFCI, for those of you that aren't familiar
with what that actually means,
ground fault circuit interrupter.
And what this'll do is if ground is going a different path
back than the conductor itself to ground,
and it's going someplace else like you,
it'll automatically trip this
and shut off the circuit very, very quickly
so that you or someone else is not hurt.
This feels very, very flexible,
but of course we're at room temperature
inside the shop here with that nice wood fire going.
So what temperature ratings is this set to?
Well, according to the specification card,
it's rated negative 40 degrees Fahrenheit,
which happens to also be in this case,
negative 40 Celsius up to 60 degrees Celsius
or 140 degrees Fahrenheit.
So this is a flexible cord, should work very, very well.
All right, so we have the unit plugged in here.
As you can see, it's energized here
with the light.
If you look right here also, you can see the light.
You can see it from the edge also.
So this indicates power is going there.
So when it was out in the field
without anything plugged into it,
you could see whether or not it was energized.
Now, right here you have two buttons.
One button is to test, the other one is to reset.
So let's test it and see if we can shut it off.
There you go.
So now power is no longer flowing,
no indicator light, no device light going on right there.
We'll reset.
There we go.
We're back on.
So this feels really substantial.
I think you're gonna like this.
You can take a look at it at wattswire.com forward slash DFJ.
That way you can tell them that Dirt Farmer Jay sent you.
And I think you're gonna be very pleased with this product.
It looks very substantial, well-made,
great plugins on both ends.
Give it a shot.
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Until the next time,
this is Dirt Farmer Jay from DirtFarmerJay.com.
