Recent content by kwatson18

One word from a 3-striker like myself....discpline. Take it from me, I recently passed on my 4th try here in April 2014 and here's break down of my short comings/oversights. 1st try - Didn't take it seriously, got slammed with work and just went for it with less than 2 weeks studying 2nd try...

Remember a disproportionate amount of left field questions about VFDs. Anyone have a good "VFD explained" or white paper? I understand the application and use (in A/E world for motor control/speed on chillers, AHUs, etc) but didn't run into a lot of VFD type questions in practice tests. I know...

Use at your own risk....sorted by # and category I made this a while ago when i was a noob and didn't have a good grasp on a problems "category" if you will but might save yall some time (i.e. generator problem is really a fault, xmfr is really a pu, etc) need to get my karma up good luck...

Felt ok about these types of problems, after going through NCEES #116 which involved a picture of a 3-legged magnetic circuit with legs A-B-C from left to right. Leg A is 3.0x10^-3 Wb, then they ask assuming linear magnetic properties, the approx flux (Wb) in Leg is mostly: In the picture they...

So i've done my homework (I think) and i'm in the same boat as khatrib...one tweak away from having clarity and confidence on the test in regards to this concept... My system before that seemed to work pretty flawlessly for most of my practice problems was: ASSUMPTIONS: LEADING PF: I< +@...

I got Kaiser test and solutions. it was separated into test and solutions and i combined them onto single pages with screenshots for only relevant PE power type questions for sorting into my binder. PM me, all trades considered... i'm looking for: NCEES 2006 (one before 2009) econ example...

dumb question here (and yes there are dumb questions)... in these PF correction problems (NCEES 502, 503, 517) when they list the loads as lagging or leading, i'm noticing that when they convert the PF's to Theta that they're not using the (-) before the arcsin (theta) for lagging like we do in...

this point brings up a good point... after ALL this studying, prep, pressure, wifey/gf/pets/boss/tsunamis, the actual test taking methods can help with that freak out and brainfreeze factor that some of us can get when you actually turn that first page That being said, anybody feel like they...

yeah, PPI is a little heavy on NEC but there was a dwelling unit question on the october test if i remember correctly. Good practice for navigating around the branch circuit (section 220) and off the wall info that's not right off a table. I thought PPI 18,19,20 were really good in clarifying...

Same as mike, NEC is like a foreign language sometimes but here's my 0.02 on what i've learned... Problems for the test are usually pretty straightforward but it's always about that exception or trick that trips you up. I've worked through the following problems and feel pretty decent going...

Failed in Oct 2010, homestretch for efforts for April test. I've run through the NCEES 2009 practice test to the point that i know the answer without thinking about from recognizing the question/format (good thing but...) Was wondering what the best resources after the NCEES are to go off of...