Recent content by Bman

I find it funny how people rant and rave about technology degrees on here from time to time, the elitists if you will. Engineering Technology degrees are not just 2 year degrees and anyone who makes that assumption probably hasn't done enough research to know the difference between an...

Two weeks sounds about right once you have everything submitted. Getting everything submitted on the other hand....

Apparently the cards are provided by pharmaceutical companies as an incentive to buy their name brand drugs vs. the generic ones that most insurances cover at a reasonable cost. Its not really a scam, but it appears that they collect quite a bit of information on you when you use the card, so...

I recieved one of these pharmacy discount cards in the mail yesterday which says it can save you up to 75% off of prescription drugs. No fees at all, no strings attached. I have good health coverage, so I don't need it, but I was pretty sure it must be some sort of scam, so I went ahead and...

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I usually make a 5 gallon batch when I brew. I take two gallons of water and put them in the freezer as soon as I start brewing and then use that to cool the wort down later. I still need to put the boiling pot in an ice bath, but it helps bring it down to temperature a lot faster.

I brought a few clear plastic rulers to use instead of drawing the lines, it worked out great. I think I actually got that tip from this board (thanks to whoever it was).

Good question! The closet I came to an answer is on the page immediately following the Acknowledgements in the MERM, "Codes Used to Prepare This Book". Lindeburg states that he uses the most current codes for his publication, but since NCEES does not specifiy any exact dates or editions, that...

I'm not sure about tables for Prandtl numbers, I don't recall them coming up much during my studying or during the exam, but I took the HVAC depth. FWIW, I brought a Heat Transfer text book with me that had really good steam tables (much better than MERM), but I didn't end up even needing it...

Navy, I never thought of using the table to convert units, not a bad idea! I believe it is a shortcut table to find the pressure drop vs. using the equations (finding darcy friction factor, etc.). I used it once or twice while studying, but felt more comfortable working the equations... I...

I don't have any references so I can't really help you there... I think the MERM Chapter 2 has everything you need though. The key to determining the type of view is to look at the angles of the projected image (which the MERM has graphics for). These are easy questions, just don't look to much...

Post the problem and I'll see if I can help you out. I vaguely remember these problems, but don't remember them being very difficult, so maybe there is something you're missing.

HerrKaLeun, I noticed you posted a few questions, you might want to include the actual problems as many of us no longer have the books and can't help you out if we don't know the problem.... For this problem, I believe you need to use ASHRAE 62.1, Table 2 in which they provide occupancy counts...

Navy, I don't have the SMS book anymore, so if you write out the entire problem, I think I could help you out.

I second this recommendation! Its a great book and makes unit conversions as easy as possible, it was very useful during the exam. There were some odd units on the exam, but I don't recall them being much of an issue...