I don't know of any UL standards the require tinning, although I definitely haven't read all (or even most) of them.
The style numbers aren't dictated by the UL standards. The way it was explained to me by the wire & cable folk when I worked at UL is that the style numbers are an index of what unique styles companies have submitted to UL over the years. So, there may or may not be any similarity between style 1015 and 1016, it is just that 1016 was the next style submitted after 1015 that didn't match anything already in the database (by the way, 1015 and 1016 date back to 1959). There is a very basic AWM query available on UL's website (you can look up company names and also specific wirestyle numbers), but I think UL has an internal query engine that might be able to search by keyword, so if there is a wire & cable UL engineer you know you might be able to find out if there are any wire styles that do require tinning. But I think most of the wire styles are more concerned with the insulation and only spec the wire gauge range, not whether the wire is tinned or not. -Camille Good Portland, Oregon --- Jim Eichner <jim.eich...@xantrex.com> wrote: > Don't forget that many types of wire contain > individually tinned strands > and therefore contain lead regardless of the jacket > materials. At least > this part of it is easily changed since the tinning > is for ease of use > not for some inherent performance property (as far > as I understand it). > One possible problem though: what if the UL standard > requires tinning > for some particular style number(s)? > > > Jim Eichner, P.Eng. > Compliance Engineering Manager > Xantrex Technology Inc. > phone: (604) 422-2546 > fax: (604) 420-1591 > e-mail: jim.eich...@xantrex.com > web: www.xantrex.com > Confidentiality Notice: This email message, > including any attachments, > is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and > may contain > confidential and privileged information. Any > unauthorized review, use, > disclosure or distribution is prohibited. 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