Thomas & Betts 4962 1/2 90 DEG RANGER CORD FITT.50-.75

The 4962 is built for cords measuring .50 to .75 inch in outside diameter. If your SO or SJO cord jacket falls outside that range, the clamp either won't seal on the small side or won't close on the large side, so measure the jacket OD before ordering rather than going by conductor count.

It's a 1/2 inch fitting, so it threads into a 1/2 inch hub, knockout or conduit opening on a box, enclosure or fixture. A 1/2 inch knockout is 7/8 inch in diameter, which is what you want to confirm on the enclosure before you pull the cord.

A 90 degree cord grip like the 4962 turns the cord immediately at the enclosure, which keeps the drop tight against a wall or the underside of a fixture and holds the strain relief bend out of the cord itself. A straight connector is the right call when the cord runs in line with the hub and you have the clearance for it. Use the 90 where headroom is short or where a straight fitting would force a sharp bend right at the gland.

Malleable iron body, metallic finish. That matters on two counts: it takes the mechanical abuse of a portable or pendant cord drop better than a nylon gland, and being metal it maintains the metallic path through the fitting rather than interrupting it the way a non-metallic connector does.

That's what a cord grip does: it clamps the jacket so the pull is taken by the fitting and not by the terminations inside the box. The 4962 handles .50 to .75 inch cord at a 1/2 inch hub, in malleable iron, so it suits pendant control stations, hoist and crane pendants, and machine cord entries where the drop hangs off the connector.

Thomas & Betts part number 4962, the 90 degree Ranger cord fitting, 1/2 inch, for .50 to .75 inch cord. The straight-body and other-size Ranger fittings carry different numbers, so order by 4962 if the 90 degree 1/2 inch configuration is what you need.