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I have a question for you guys. I want to connect a 3-phase 3W+G load bank to two source phases and neutral to force neutral current.  Although the load bank is internally wye connected, the internal neutral is not accessible since it is designed for balanced load and would not normally produce...

Okay that makes a lot more sense with numbers attached to them. Thank you for explaining!

I've never done it so forgive me if I sound noob, but is it worth the investment? Drinks are $15+ in nicer bars, and dinners are like $50+ at nice restaurants. Is the investment worth it? What are the chances that the people you chat up at bars happen to have the need for an electrical engineer...

Thanks man this is really helpful.

haha I work for a very small firm. We're both young but very capable and produce very professional plans. Is there a reason you chose to call them after you sent them postcards? Is there an advantage of that over calling them from the get-go? What did your postcards and followup calls consist...

Thanks for boiling it down for me. I will give it a try.

Thanks for the input. How do you typically obtain your clients? What method has worked best for you? Any tips on cold calling that you can give?

I am an Electrical PE (passed my exam with much help from this forum!), and I am trying to get into the business side of things at my company. We are very small. I want to be able to bring in work on my own so that my responsibilities evolves (along with my salary). Can I get some advice on how...

Hello, I am an Electrical PE (passed my exam with much help from this forum!), and I am trying to get into the business side of things at my company. We are very small. I want to be able to bring in work on my own so that my responsibilities evolves (along with my salary). Can I get some advice...

Thanks for your guys' responses! So for the year, if I produce 3x my salary, then I would have done what I was hired to do. At what point of production can I justify a raise? 4x? 5x?

I am wondering how I can determine the appropriate time to ask for raises. At my current job (we'll call it company A), the company charges clients 1.4x our hourly rate to cover salary and overhead. At a new company (company B) that I am scoping out, they claim that I will need to produce 3x my...

I'm in Southern California, looking to either NY or Chicago because of family. I have my license and I understand that some states (like NY) don't have comity rules. I'm not sending out mass emails. I'm actually applying for large MEP firms at EE positions. I have stated on my resume that I am...

I am applying to multiple jobs in MEP engineering across the country. I have some warm leads and I was wondering how that would affect me in the future if I were to take an offer out of state. Would future employers be turned off by the fact that I am designing under different codes and...

i did electronics, but what i learned from studying was that the more references i had, the better

i have all my electronics material (minus the camara book) for sale, including a great, GREAT communications/antenna book. that book got me three questions on the exam. to me that justifies every dollar i paid for it. very rare and extremely helpful.