AC WORKS® Connector — Technical

Copper and Nickel-Plating

Posted by Stephanie Junek on Jan 11, 2019

Copper and Nickel-plating are both good options for your AC WORKS™ brand products, conductivity, longevity, and overall quality of the product. There are pros and cons to each type of material used and learning these will only benefit you when purchasing your next power adapter or cord.

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End of the Year Sales Event

Posted by Stephanie Junek on Dec 14, 2018

Can you believe 2018 is almost history? A lot has happened this year within our company and within our consumers lives. We want to celebrate all that this year has brought us, with a two-week long sale. You read that right. Two whole weeks of savings!

Adding a Threaded Ring to Your Power Connection Adapters

Posted by Christopher Hahn on Nov 16, 2018

Recently, our customers have reached out to us about inlet boxes and transfer switches. Their main concern is our adapters fitting into them. All of our adapters do fit into all inlet boxes, but we do get a lot of question about one thing; the threaded ring on our transfer switch adapters.

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Medical and Hospital Grade Power Supply Requirements

Posted by Stephanie Junek on Oct 05, 2018

Medical and Hospital grade power connections have special standards that are required by UL and thoroughly tested prior to use. Special standards/requirements must be met for a power connection product to be called medical or hospital grade.

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Tags: 2018, Customer Service, Green Dot, Hospital Grade, Hospital Requirements, Medical Grade, Medical Requirements, October 2018, Technical

American Wire Gauge AWG

Posted by Stephanie Junek on Jul 13, 2018

The American Wire Gauge (AWG), is a standard wire gauge system that has been used since 1857, mostly in North America. It is a standard specification for the diameters of round wires used as electrical conductors. We will answer any of your AWG questions. If you cannot find the answers in this blog post leave us a comment or email customer service.

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