You will find various styles of whips used by different manufacturers. They can be 8 wire using a shared neutral or an 8 wire using an indepentant nuetral on top of that there is a 10 wire system and one system that will use 14 wires. It is best to find out right from the start which system you will be expected to connect to. Further to this there are also furniture available using a quick connect method where the just plug into a jumper which in turn connects to a distribution box. If you know who manufacturers it then I may be able to tell you how it will arrive.
