UL Building Wire (TFFN/THHN, XHHW)

Southwire Company, LLC is North America’s leading wire and cable company.  The $8B organization is made up of more than 9,000 team members and partners across the globe who unite as ONE Southwire each and every day to serve each other, their customers, end users and their communities. 

Southwire and Thompson Global provide solutions including building wire and cable, metal-clad cable, utility products, portable and electronic cord products and OEM wire products. However, Southwire is particularly focused on building wire products having acquired many of its competitors over the years, and whom produce cables such THHN, XHHW (XHHW-2/RW90), NM-B (Romex), UF-B, SER and RHH/RHW-2, USE-2.

Building Wire Applications

UL/CSA Building wire and cable is used in the construction of almost every commercial, industrial, and residential property in the world. Most commonly known as branch circuit wiring in homes and businesses, these products carry electrical current to all power applications in a building or dwelling.

UL/CSA Building wire and cable must be sized and installed correctly to keep electricity running. Categories include all types identified in the National Electrical Code® (NEC), Underwriters Laboratories (UL), CSA Standards, Mexican Electrical Code, and the Association Nacional de Normalización y Certificación del Sector Eléctrico (ANCE) Standards, including:

  • Armoured cables
  • Flexible metal conduit and liquidtight flexible metal conduit
  • Metal-clad cables
  • Nonmetallic sheathed cables
  • Service entrance cables
  • Thermoplastic and thermoset insulated wires and cables

We supply a range of Building Wire cables types such as THHN, THWN, THWN-2, TFFN, TFN, TWEN, XHHW, RHH, RHW, USE-2 and NM-B cable.

Southwire Building Wire

SPEC-10000 Building Wire
THHN SIMpull – Thermoplastic High Heat-Resistant Copper
Nylon-coated, 600 Volts. PVC Insulation/Nylon Sheath. Heat, Moisture, Gasoline, Oil Resistant
Spec 10003 Building Wire
THHN/THWN – Copper Thermoplastic High Heat-resistant
Nylon-coated 600 Volts. PVC Insulation/Nylon Sheath. Heat, Moisture, Gasoline, Oil Resistant
Spec 10004 Building Wire
TFN/TFFN – Copper PVC/Nylon Sheath 600 Volt
Heat, Moisture, Oil, and Gasoline Resistant II. Also Rated MTW and AWM.
Southwire Building Wire
XHHW-2®/RW90 – Copper SIMpull Technology XLPE

Copper conductor size 8 AWG and larger. 600V or 1000V. SIMpull technology for easy pulling
SPEC-48001 Building Wire
XHHW LSZH – Copper 600V XLPE/LSZH
CU 600V LSZH XHHW-2. SOLONONplus® 600Volt Single Copper Conductor
SPEC-48003 Building Wire
XHHW LSZH – Copper 600V to 1000V XLPE/LSZH
SOLONONplus® Living Building Copper Cross Linked Polyolefin Low Smoke Zero Halogen
Southwire Building Wire
XHHW-2 – XLPE (cross-linked polyethylene) High Heat-resistant
Water-resistant Copper SIMpull XHHW-2® Power Cable Rated 600V or 1000V
Southwire Building Wire
XHHW LSZH – Copper 600V SOLONONplus™ FT4, VW-1
600Volt Single Cross Linked Polyolefin Low Smoke Zero Halogen Insulation
Southwire SPEC-10010
RHH/RHW-2, USE-2 – Rubber High Heat/Wet
Underground Service Entrance Cable 600V. Cross-Linked Polyethylene (XLP) Insulation
1C-Type-THW-2-Cable-PVC-600V
THW – Copper 4/0 1c PVC Combination unilay-stranded
Bare copper as per ASTM B3 and ASTM B787. Insulation: Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)
SPEC-10028
NM-B – Romex Copper/Non Metallic Sheath
SIMpull® Indoor NM-B Cable 600V. Copper Conductor. PVC Insulation/Nylon Sheath
STR-CU-THHN-TRI-WIRE-BLKWHTGRN
Tri-Wire – Copper THHN 12-3 BLK/WHT/GRN
Combination unilay-stranded copper ASTM B3 and B787. PVC with Nylon Sheath Black white green
SPEC-10036 Building Wire
Copper UF-B Cable Underground Feeder and Branch
Feeder and Branch-Circuit Cable. 600V. PVC Insulation/Nylon Sheath
SPEC-10040 Building Wire
Copper Service Entrance (SE) Cable Type SEU. XHHW
600V. Sunlight Resistant.Class B compressed stranded bare copper
SOUTHWIRE-SPEC10041 Building Wire
Copper Service Entrance (SE) Cable Type SER. XHH
600V. Sunlight Resistant construction
SPEC-10043 Building Wire
Copper Service Entrance (SE) Cable Type SEU THHN
600V Jacket and Individual Conductors Sunlight Resistant
SPEC-10050
Aluminum Service Entrance (SE) Cable Type SEU. X
600V. Jacket and Individual Conductors Sunlight Resistant
SPEC-10052 Building Wire
Aluminum Service Entrance (SE) Cable Type SER
600V. Jacket and Individual Conductors Sunlight Resistant