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Results are up!

Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock. :P Server crash anyone?!?

Simple solution: eliminate all humans. No curves, not cuts, no crap. Get X # correct and you pass and mister scantron will let you know when you walk out the door after the exam. This system is so antiquated it isn't funny. :sharkattack:

Become your own boss.

Hah they adopt the newer codes faster than the majority of states.

I've been eagerly awaiting results for my friend as you all have, and I must say that NCBELS / NCEES are horrifically slow this session getting results out to you guys. :smileyballs:

You definitely will. Its always been before Christmas from what I've seen over the years.

It's usually a matter of coordinating with the mechanical engineer and a quick glance at the equipment cutsheets. Most of my work in the past few years the AHJ has required the mechanical contractor to provide the starter, disconnect etc. and it was on the EC to install and wire them. This is...

In most cases the power factor will be negligible, so in the grand scheme of things if you are sizing your distribution equipment correctly, it will not matter if you use VA or W.

You'd be OK with the 2005 version in my opinion. I don't believe they would ask questions that would have changed between the '05 and the '08. A lot of the questions will be looking things up in tables, which haven't changed in decades.

I've been hunting for the correct verbage used on most electrical title sheets in North Carolina, under the Appendix B section. I've seen it on numerous jobs in the past but can't seem to find a copy. It's basically a designers statement that the engineer has to sign and date (underneath the...

I was about the third person to leave in the afternoon... I was pretty sure I failed the test. Lo and behold I passed. What's done is done and you shouldn't dwell on it. Good luck.

For the sake of arguement, let's say that the lights were 400W metal halides, and there were quite a few of them. So you want to have as many of them as possible on the same circuit to avoid having to use larger lighting contactors, etc; thus powering them at 240V. The exit signs and emerg...

Circuit is being provided from a 2-pole breaker in a panelboard that is 120/240 single phase.

Question of the day: will a lighting unit (e.g. an exit sign) that is rated for dual voltage 120/277 work properly on a circuit that is 240V single phase? Good luck!