<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>I have specified THWN-2 for years, but occasionally will not be able to source it!<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Jul 23, 2010, at 11:37 AM, "Peter Parrish" <<a href="mailto:peter.parrish@calsolareng.com">peter.parrish@calsolareng.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">We went through a similar problem with
some beach communities here in SoCal. Because of the high humidity (all winter
and summer mornings) they wanted THWN-2 for all conduit runs (as well as PVC
instead of EMT). At first we were charged a premium for THWN-2 compared to
THHN. But then we found a source at All Phase Electrical Supply Burbank CA (a part
of CED) for THWN-2 #10 stranded @ $162.40/k-ft. Brand is <span class="GramE">En(</span>m?)<span class="GramE">core</span> Wire. THWN-2 listing is printed on the insulation.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">- Peter<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
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</v:shape><![endif]-->Peter T. Parrish, Ph.D., President<br>
<st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:state>
Solar Engineering, Inc.<br>
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:street w:st="on">820 Cynthia Ave.</st1:street>, <st1:city w:st="on">Los Angeles</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">CA</st1:state> <st1:postalcode w:st="on">90065</st1:postalcode></st1:address><br>
CA Lic. 854779, NABCEP Cert. 031806-26<br>
<a href="mailto:peter.parrish@calsolareng.com"><a href="mailto:peter.parrish@calsolareng.com">peter.parrish@calsolareng.com</a></a><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span><br>
Ph 323-258-8883, <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mobile</st1:place></st1:city>
323-839-6108, Fax 323-258-8885</span></font><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">                                                              
</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">                                    </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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yes"> </span></font><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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