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Driving me nuts.  I don't want to start anything because I'm afraid I'm going to have to start studying again...this wait is miserable.

So since it's three phase I started with S=VI*sqrt(3).  Then I used the V=IZ relationship to come up with S=(V^2/Z)*sqrt(3), resulting in the wrong answer.   Can someone explain to me why this is wrong?  I seem to miss a lot of problems because I don't understand why sqrt(3) applies in some...

Has anyone bought the Spinup practice exams?  Any thoughts on how well they represent actual exam questions? I much prefer practice problems to reading dry material, but I've already got all the Complex Imaginary books, the practice exam at the end of Graffeo, and the NCEES practice exam. ...

Delta/wye or wye/delta transformers will cause a 30 deg phase shift.  I don't think that's applicable in this case.

Awesome, thank you!

I graduated with a BS in 2010 and have been working under PEs since. I'm looking to take the FE during the April-May session and eventually pursue a PE. My question: Does the work experience I've gathered while working under a PE since 2010 count towards the 4 year requirement? Or does it not...

Interesting find. Unfortunately the new format hasn't been around long enough to gather any feedback for CBT prep books. I believe the FE Review Manual by Lindberg had been the best review manual for the old style exam. They released a "how to" for using this book to prepare for the CBT at...

Email from PPI I got this morning:

He s.xie93, I'm in the same boat as you. I emailed the Lindeburg folks a while back and got the following response" In the meantime I decided to go with the current Lindeburg book (the one with mixed reviews). I figured I'll start going through that at a relaxed pace sometime in the next...

I disagree. If you take the electrical CBT exam, you don't have to prepare for chemistry, statics, dynamics, material properties (other than electrical materials), fluid mechanics, or thermodynamics, unlike for the current FE format. The discipline specific CBT exams look much more focused on...

I recently started studying for the October 2013 FE exam, but after reviewing the changes being made to the FE exam I'm thinking it may be best to wait until next year to take the test. My reasoning is if I wait, I can prepare by studying almost exclusively EE material, rather than having to...