Winston wrote:

Youbetcha! Occam's Razor strikes again. And I have seen it
confirmed in several cable catalogs.

SO will take a lot more abuse than SJO.


A few years ago I was told to replace the SO cord with SJO cord on an electric hoist. The
hoist ran on a overhead rail so the hoist had a cord reel on it.

I dutifully removed the larger diameter cord and managed to get just almost as much sjo
back on. The snail spring limits how many turns are usable and the smaller jacket
diameter made a smaller diameter coil giving less length on the reel.

Great thinking there. I did, however, end up with a really nice extension cord out of the
exercise.

Wes