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Re: Knob it or Tube it

#76932 04/24/01 01:18 PM

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(Off topic question: Does anyone have a chart of insulation types?)

THWN would probably be better than whatever was used 50-60 years ago for K&T. But is that sufficient for areas with sunlight exposure?

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Re: Knob it or Tube it

#76933 04/24/01 10:00 PM

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Dspark;
oh no! not the [sunlight] code again!
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that can be one pain in the A** of a code to meet!

dracula must have served on that CMP!

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