What Do Wire Abbreviations Mean - by rickosuave1987

[MNAirHead]

is there an easy way to tell what all the wire abbreviations mean?

Timmy

Rin Tim-Tim:

Me No Se Once again, I ass-u-me that the XL in SXL, GXL, TXL may mean Cross Link wire. When I was researching the different kits like Painless Wiring, American Auto-Wire, Centech, Kwik-Wire, etc... they said all of their kits were made with the SXL wire... So, that was the consensus that I went with. And when I saw that the temp rating was significantly higher than Primary Wire... I was sold.

The abbr. stand for what the sheating is made out of and what it does.

THW--Thermoplastic Heat and Water Resistant

THHN--Thermoplastic High Heat Resistant Nylon

Im not sure on the SXL wire. We dont use that for wiring buildings

[rickosuave1987]

After some research, I found out that SXL wire is--Standard Wall Cross Link sheathing.

GXL is Thin Wall Cross Link sheathing.

Both can withstand higher temps than THW or THHN primary wire, and are used mainly for automotive applications.

[MNAirHead]

thank you.. this (abbreviations) are confusing to those of us learning.

T.

[2088 bob]

Tim any standard electrical code book should have the descriptions of most wiring jacket names in it