Residential
The Household Name in the Residential Industry
Nearly one in two new homes built in the United States contains Southwire wire. With our expansive line of innovative brands and products, Southwire is the one stop shop for residential jobsite needs. Whether it is our legendary Romex® Brand SIMpull® NM-B Cable, or one of our other innovative products, we help you get the job done.
15 Things You Don’t Know about Romex® Wire
You’ve probably heard of Romex® cable. Since its creation in 1922, the name is used widely used by electricians and some consumers in a generic sense to refer to all NM-sheathed electrical wire. Within the world of building products, the word Romex is often used in the same way that Kleenex is used to refer to any tissue: generically.
Only Southwire makes the real Romex® Brand SIMpull® NM-B cable.
In this webinar, Principal Engineer Dave Watson will discuss the history of Romex® Brand cable and provide several little known facts about the cable.
Access Southwire’s Free Calculating Tools
To help you work most efficiently, we've created a number of calculating tools to aid in your wire and cable installation.
Overhead Conductor Manual
We wrote the book on overhead conductors...literally. This 3rd edition reference book provides technical data and resources that transmission and distribution engineers use to design overhead lines.
Southwire Conversion Calculator
Southwire's Conversion Calculator helps to convert copper to aluminum or aluminum to copper, pricing unit of measure, conversion factor and weight per product length. Preloaded with many cables for calculation.
SIMpull ® Cable Pull Calculator
Helps to estimate and manage cable installation projects. Provides the ability to alter data that indicates tension or sidewall pressure.
Southwire Solutions University (SSU)
Based out of the Thorn Center, Southwire Solutions University (SSU) offers digital and hands-on product training for electrical contractors, distributors, and apprenticeships throughout North America. Students who attend classes hosted by SSU learn best practices for a safe and productive cable installation by using Southwire’s SIMpull Solutions® products and services.
Contractor Solutions Team
Southwire’s Contractor Solutions Team is not a sales team – with over 250 years of jobsite experience, we’re a customer service partner. Think of us as an extension of your team. We are with you from start to finish to customize our solutions to fit your needs and positively impact safety and productivity on your jobsite.
Southwire SPEED™ Services
Southwire SPEED™ Services offers a variety of solutions based on your urgent needs. Whether it is a made-to-order product that requires a reduced lead time or minimum order quantity, or a made-to-stock product that requires shipment today or specific delivery expectations, our concierge customer specialists will provide options to meet your needs all from one manufacturing source.
Southwire SPEED™ Services is here to turn “No quote” into “No problem”.
Southwire SPEED™ Services is here to turn “No quote” into “No problem”.
Southwire CableTechSupport™ Services
Southwire’s CableTechSupport™ Services team, comprised of engineers with expertise in power, electrical, mechanical, civil, chemical, polymer science, industrial, and nuclear engineering, has the depth of skill and the ability to respond with innovative solutions for your most complex and mission-critical wire and cable challenges.