When the Cable Doesn't Fit, Go to the Greaves Adapter Zone

Clinton, CT, May 11, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Adapter problems come in various shapes and sizes, and some can often happen at the last minute, making it difficult to move forward with the job at hand. With solutions from the Greaves Adapter Zone, contractors are given fast and easy access to a variety of compression pin adapters and compression splices that work for them.

Created by veteran US manufacturer Greaves Corporation, the Greaves Adapter Zone is a guide that provides examples and tips to help contractors find the best solution to their cable-fit problems. Greaves has put their 60+ years of experience in the industry into this project, offering careful design solutions and a wide selection of products that will help contractors find the right fit for their needs when they encounter a problem with fitting cables on a job.

The Greaves Adapter Zone offers a look at typical adapter problems and the three main categories under which they fall: splice/reduce, terminate and multiple cables. The guide delivers a detailed explanation of each, as well as compression pin adapters and splices that can help provide solutions. A worksheet is included, giving a glance at the information to collect before starting the design/ selection process, such as wire material and types, lug material and types, and any additional job requirements. Problems can include factors such as high strand/flexible cable, aluminum cable, and fitting terminations into tight spaces.

The guide also offers customers a look at Greaves' selection of compression pin adapters, compression splices, and lugs, all of which come in many different sizes to give a wide variety of potential solutions. Greaves can also modify or fabricate products to handle a specific problem.

Cable fit problems can put a job on hold, but Greaves has the solutions that contractors need to proceed quickly and efficiently. Learn more about the Greaves selection of adapter solutions such as compression pin adapters, compression splices, and lugs by ordering the Greaves Adapter Zone online at http://www.greaves-usa.com.

About Greaves:

Since 1947 Greaves has been a trusted supplier of electrical connectors to the electrical construction trades. After beginning in New York, the company moved to Connecticut in 1950 and to a site in Guilford, Connecticut in 1954. Over the years, Greaves added manufacturing facilities and capabilities to produce mechanical lugs and splices, compression lugs and splices, and numerous types of grounding clamps. Greaves is now located at 11 Heritage Park, Clinton, CT 06443.