Recent content by PowerEngineer

Hello all, My wife and I have decided we wish to move to Madison, WI, and I need to find a job. I've found several companies, and I wonder if anyone familiar with the area or job market could list any companies they're familiar with, just to be sure I'm aware of them. I am an electrical...

I believe that charging current will decrease as height increases. The capacitance is dependent upon conductor radius, spacing, length of transmission line... but these spacings include the distance between the conductor and ground.

Hello all, I am a working engineer and am going to school part time to earn a masters. This is somewhat of a survey to help out with my thesis. Any help you could give would be very much appreciated. These questions are geared specifically toward REMCs. If you work for a different electric...

Hello all, Since graduating 7 years ago, I have worked as a system planning engineer (power distribution) for a consulting firm, dealing primarily with rural electric utilities.  I am searching for a position with another company, preferably at a large power utility. At my current company, I...

I work for a small (<15 employees) consulting firm. The majority of our work comes from REMCs, municipalities, and industrial facilities... primarily REMCs. It seems that for large projects (substation design, system planning, etc), they often contract consulting firms. You'll primarily be...

Ah yes, my mistake. LL voltages leads LN voltage by 30 degrees. As to whether the question is written wrong... well, that's hard to say. It doesn't specifically say that Va is at 0 degrees, but I've always understood that to be a common assumption.

I believe DK PE is on the right track. Line-line voltages lag line-neutral voltages by 30 degrees, this is true. But we're not interested in that here. We're determining phase A current angle with respect to phase A voltage angle. Power factor is really given on a per phase basis (as it...

Well I'm glad to hear that haha. I'll see if I can get that on a business card. John Doe, PE, The Man

Hello all, I have a BS in electrical engineering technology through Purdue University. I am currently earning a master of engineering in electrical engineering, while working as a full time engineer. I have passed the FE, and am eligible for the PE next year. How do you think I will be...