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Selling my copy of The Electrical Engineer's Guide to Passing The Power PE Exam by Alex Graffeo, PE. It's 2nd edition. No highlighting. Spiral-bound.  This was the most helpful source I used in passing the PE. $80 USD to my paypal. Free shipping anywhere in the continental US.

I watched CI videos on youtube, did a lot of practice problems (NCEES practice exam a bunch, CI a few times, Graffeo twice, spin up twice), and just scoured the web for articles and any resources that people recommended on here. Studied pretty hardcore for 3 months straight. I also ate at...

I only updated my copy of Graffeo with errata corrections because I intended to sell it back. Now I am wondering if I should keep it...

I passed here in Arizona. My heart was racing when I saw an e-mail from NCEES in my inbox this morning.

Yeah I would agree with that. I thought they were pretty much equal in difficulty, but my mind just gave out around question 60 and it was a struggle mentally to finish the test.

NEMA MG-1 wasn't needed to solve the problem. That was one of the problems I know I missed.

I'm wondering if the exam was actually easier than the past 3 times or if it just feels easier because the more time someone studies, the more they learn and the more comfortable they are with the fundamentals/material. If I had to take it again, I would put another 3-4 months worth of studying...

I felt the same way. I kept going to Wildi and just wasted time looking. If I have to take it again, I am going to get a lot more references on motors as Camara, Graffeo, and Wildi didn't help me on this exam's motor questions. I also needed better references on batteries.

I don't think Kovz is saying they weren't fair game. I think the practice exams really stress certain topics, and it is frustrating when those topics don't show up on the actual exam at all.

I left thinking it was pretty challenging, but I thought I did okay. Today I am thinking I may have to take it in October. I got home and looked up a number of questions that I remembered struggling on. I already know I missed 8 questions. I felt that the practice exams weren't very similar to...

I took today off. I feel like I'm forgetting everything... just watching Portlandia. I don't understand when everyone says to check through reference materials. Shouldn't those already be tabbed? If they aren't tabbed, then you have to review the material to see if you want to tab it, which is...

Anything in the Wildi chapters listed above that isn't covered very well in Graffeo and Camara? I just did a scan through chapters 7-12 and didn't really see anything that stood out.

Can't remember which one it is off the top of my head. In Camara, I think the table shows the circuit, what the waveform looks like, and then equations for Vrms, Vavg, and Vpk.

Kovz, does it have anything that the table in Camara doesn't already have?

Is this accurate? I am having a hard time finding anything online to back up the + for lagging, - for leading. In the NEC Handbook it only shows Rcos(theta)+Xsin(theta) and doesn't state whether the power factor is leading or lagging.