The skinny on different jumper cables

Many of you already know the difference between a C13 and C14 or C19 and C20. But what is a C15? And, what are Y cables used for? To help decipher the power cord nomenclature, we put together a chart of the most commonly used power jumpers/cords so you have it handy. See the chart below for your reference.

Jumper Cables	Plug end	Receptacle end	When is it used?
PWRC13515P	NEMA 5-15P	IEC C13	The most common type of power cord that ships with most servers. When using vertical strips, you might consider shorter length ones.
PWRC13C14	IEC C14	IEC C13	When using 208V or 3 phase, the power strip is equipped with C13 receptacles. So you need to swap out the standard PWRC13515P power cord that it ships with this jumper cable to properly connect to the 208V or 3 phase strip outlets.
PWRC13C20	IEC C20	IEC C13	Used to connect a normal C14 inlet, depending on the power strip used, the receptacles on the power strip are C19. You will need this power cable.
PWRC14C15	IEC C14	IEC C15	A type of jumper cable with a higher temperature rating, popular with Cisco equipment.
PWRC14C19	IEC C14	IEC C19	This power cord comes in handy when your equipment such as a blade chassis or Cisco 6500 series comes with C20 power inlets, but your power strip only has C13 outlets.
PWRC19C20	IEC C20	IEC C19	In equipment where higher currents are required, the power inlet will be C20. And, depending on the power strip used, the receptacles on the power strip are C19. You will need this power cable.
PWRC14515R	NEMA 5-15R	IEC C14	This little adapter or short pigtail cable comes in handy when you need to connect auto sensing 120-220V equipment that only has a NEMA 5-15 plug in 208V equipped data center, such as a laptop.
PWRY-2C13C14	IEC C14	IEC C13	This Y power cable is gaining popularity to customers that want to provide power from a single source to (2) devices or sometimes to a dual powered device although not ideal since it negates redundancy.
PWRY-2C13515	NEMA 5-15P	IEC C13	This Y power cable is gaining popularity to customers that want to provide power from a single source to (2) devices or sometimes to a dual powered device although not ideal since it negates redundancy.

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