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Thanks for posting this. I have been trying to decide if it was worth the $200 if a person already had EERM Rev 8. Doesn't sound like it is. But if your thoughts change please let us know. Thanks again.

I was kind of thinking that 210 seemed like not a lot considering how many people were there in the big room. I know there's a chance that I passed even though my name isn't listed, but I'm not going to hold out hope. I guess the one thing that kills me is I knew people who said they had trouble...

Funny how I managed to wait the first 7 weeks without any problem, but in the last couple of days, we're all starting to loose our minds :) At first I really wanted to know my result, then last week when they started showing up I got butterflies in my stomach thinking maybe I didn't wat to...

In addition to others already mentioned, found EC&M's Electrical Calculations Handbook essential on this last Power PE exam. I think it's an excellent resource and explains a lot of more complicated topics in plain english. Fault analysis, Power Factor Improvement, and Lighting are a few of...

Hopefully we don't have to wait until the end of July. If my memory is correct, I took the fall test on October 23, and my results letter was dated December 28. If it's much longer than that I'm going to burst! :)

If anybody thinks that I said anything that wasn't already public knowledge and already published, including places such as the NCEES Power sample questions and solutions manual exam specifications, then somebody please go ahead and delete that post. I'd edit it out right now but doesn't look...

duplicate post. Please delete

I took the Power exam in Oct 09 and failed. I know I bombed the morning session back then but I thought the afternoon went better. Even so, there were a LOT of questions (5-6) in each session I had no idea what they were even asking for. This time I didn't have any questions where I didn't know...

I'm trying my best to stay motivated! It seems like I've been preparing for this forever now, and I've just about had it. I've done all the problems I'm going to do over and over and over again. I think at this point I'm just reviewing what I have to make sure I am staying familiar with my...

I think it's one and the same. From the information given, G1 is only source feeding the 230 kV bus, therefore the only current available is originating from the G1 feed.

Try using the same method as on problem 530, but instead of %Z you're having to use subtransient reactance.

They group them into four main categories, but there's a lot of sub-topics in those categories. The NCEES 2009 sample power question book has about two pages of sub-topic fun stuff listed under "Exam Specifications"

You'll notice that not all the types of cables in table 3.16 are listed in every column. For instance, SIS type cable is only listed for 90 degree. There is no 60 degree rated THWN. However, you can use the 90 degree SIS cable in a circuit with 60 degree rated terminals. Article 110.14 is...

I think it's because they're asking for the neutral trace, not the voltage across the load. I think the voltage across the load resistor will be rectified and smoothed out depending on the capacitance value because without the cap it's a straightforward full-wave rectifier. Without the...

I know this is a little late to the discussion, but I'd like to second the recommendation for the camara book, EE sample examinations for the power, electrical and electronics, and computer PE exams, 3rd ed. At least from the power discipline, the problems were close to the NCEES sample...