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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks, Jarmo. Sounds important to know.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>India-based Tata Power Solar (yes, Power Solar not Solar Power) is looking into getting into the U.S. market in a bigger way and they’re working with TUV in Arizona.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Be interesting to see who fills the increasing void as far as module suppliers as the Chinese and Taiwanese continue to get hammered with these tariffs. Thank you, SolarWorld!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>marco<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jarmo.Venalainen@schneider-electric.com<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 22, 2014 7:43 AM<br><b>To:</b> RE-wrenches<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] module testing<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hi:</span> <br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The "cTUVus" mark is accredited by OSHA (NRTL), and considered equivalent to UL and CSA by city , county and state regulators throughout the US.</span> <br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The thing to check is that the applicable "cTUVus" standard was applied. In this case the test needs to be the cTUVus equivalent of UL1703.</span> <br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Here's a link to the TUV doc which outlines the above.</span> <br><br><a href="http://www.tuv.com/media/usa/nabrochures/Product_Safety.pdf"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://www.tuv.com/media/usa/nabrochures/Product_Safety.pdf</span></a> <br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>As always, the AJH has the final say.</span> <br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>JARMO<br></span><span style='color:green'>_____________________________________________________________________________________</span> <br><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>Jarmo Venalainen</span></b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> | <b><span style='color:green'> Schneider Electric </span> | Solar Business</b> | <b>CANADA</b> | <b>Training & Development Specialist - Senior</b> <b><br>Phone:</b> +604-422-2528 | <b>Fax:</b> +604-420-1591 | <b>Mobile:</b> +604-505-0291 <b><br>Email:</b> </span><a href="mailto:jarmo.venalainen@schneider-electric.com"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>jarmo.venalainen@schneider-electric.com</span></a><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> | <b>Site:</b></span><a href="http://www.sesolar.com/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> www.SEsolar.com</span></a><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> | <b>Address:</b> 3700 Gilmore Way, Burnaby, BC V5G4M1 <br><u><span style='color:blue'><br></span></u></span><a href="http://%20www.sesolar.com/"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=468 height=131 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D01DBF.56BB9F40"></span></a><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>*** Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail</span> <br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'>From:</span> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"Marco Mangelsdorf" <<a href="mailto:marco@pvthawaii.com">marco@pvthawaii.com</a>></span> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'>To:</span> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"'RE-wrenches'" <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>>, </span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'>Date:</span> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>12/22/2014 09:15 AM</span> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'>Subject:</span> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>[RE-wrenches] module testing</span> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'>Sent by:</span> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"RE-wrenches" <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" noshade style='color:#A7A6AA' align=center></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br>Hola. <br> <br>Does anyone know….For the U.S. market, is TUV certification to UL 1703 considered adequate? <br> <br>I’ve always thought that modules sold in the U.S. had to have actual testing and certification by U.L. directly or another nationally recognized test lab. <br> <br>Thanks, <br>marco <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>______________________________________________________________________<br>This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service.<br>______________________________________________________________________<tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>_______________________________________________</span></tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br><tt>List sponsored by Redwood Alliance</tt><br><br><tt>List Address: <a href="mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a></tt><br><br><tt>Change listserver email address & settings:</tt><br></span><a href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org"><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</span></tt></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br><br><tt>List-Archive: </tt></span><a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html"><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html</span></tt></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br><br><tt>List rules & etiquette:</tt><br></span><a href="www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm"><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm</span></tt></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br><br><tt>Check out or update participant bios:</tt><br></span><a href="www.members.re-wrenches.org"><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>www.members.re-wrenches.org</span></tt></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>