Originally used as a nautical term for a strong thick line of ropes used to anchor large ships, we now define it as two or more wires running side by side and bonded, twisted, or braided together to form a single assembly.
What is a Cable?
100
Three times a charm, gamblers and bowlers routinely visit this city, known as the ‘Biggest Little City in the World’. It’s also home to Anixter’s western hub.
What is Reno?
100
AWG
What is American Wire Gauge?
100
Good, good, good vibrations are picked up and turned into electrical impulses with this six-stringed instrument, sometimes referred to as an 'Axe', invented in 1931.
What is the Electric Guitar?
100
Mt. Prospect’s top selling account in 2013, this electric utility company services over 3.7 million customers in Northern Illinois alone.
What is ComEd?
200
We measure it weekly, incentivize it quarterly, and without it, we’d all be working for Konrad.
What is Stock?
200
The location # for W&C’s Philadelphia OEM location.
What is 34J?
200
AIM
What is Anixter Inventory Management?
200
This four wall line dance created in 1876 was set to the Marcia Griffith’s song “Electric Boogie.”
What is The Electric Slide?
200
This can be thought of as the force or the “push” that gets electrons moving through a conductor. It’s measured in joules per coulomb, but you’re probably more familiar with its abbreviated term.
What is Voltage (Volts)?
300
This device used for grounding comes in the shape of a “C” or an “H”.
What is a Clamp?
300
117 and 106 combined together create this, the newest of all of US. Inventory Management subgrids.
What is the Houston Subgrid (HOU)?
300
SAM
What is Sales and Management?
300
DAILY DOUBLE - Unlike the light bulb, you probably don’t have any of this Thomas Edison invention in your home, since they are primarily only sold to prisons, starting in the late 1800s.
What is the Electric Chair?
300
While not legally binding by itself, many states and municipalities have adopted this standard for the safe installation of electrical wiring and equipment in the United States.
What is National Electric Code (NEC)?
400
Sometimes it’s absolute, and sometimes it’s measured in horses. At Anixter, it’s what most of our electrical cables provide.
What is Power?
400
Portland’s 690 warehouse is the western most warehouse in the U.S. With a population smaller than Glenview, this city is home to Anixter’s eastern most U.S. warehouse.
What is Woburn, MA (119, population 38,949)?
400
VFD
What is Variable-Frequency Drive?
400
One of the country’s largest companies, this multinational conglomerate sells everything from dishwashers to jet engines.
What is General Electric?
400
Invented by Alexander Graham Bell, this type of cable configuration consists of two insulated copper wires wrapped around each other to reduce crosstalk or electromagnetic induction from other cables.
What is Twisted Pair?
500
Don’t just eyeball it! This is a specific measurement of thickness or size, either in diameter or cross sectional area.
What is Gauge?
500
With $8 mil of inventory and an item count over 3,000, the largest spoke warehouse location for W&C in the U.S. isn’t located in either the west or Michigan; instead it’s located in this city.
What is Waukesha? (23C World Class)?
500
RoHS?
What is Restriction of Hazardous Substances?
500
The flow of an electrical charge by moving electrons in a wire; usually in a circuit.
What is Electric Current?
500
This process is used to create objects of a fixed cross-sectional profile by pushing or drawing material through a die of the desired cross-section.