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Yea, here's a copy/paste from another message: I honestly didn't study as much as I did the previous time. I almost didn't even bother taking the test and only started really studying an hour or 2 every weekday, and between 10-16 hours on weekends. It was really tough to buckle down since it...

Since I passed my PE, with the help of this site, I attempted to donate to help support the costs. However, when I tried, I got an error message with my card: "The card you entered cannot be used for this payment. Please enter a different credit or debit card number." No idea why this came up...

NY, passed, 2nd time taking the test. So good.

Thanks for the advice everyone. I passed this time around! :D

Can anyone explain how they are able to use the equation Ssc = Spu/Zpu? I can't find it in any of my references or online.

Yea, it is. I pulled those #s from another thread. I just started going over them again and noticed that after I posted.

So I'm really feeling comfortable with the MVA method that I learned through this board. I feel like it makes problems a lot easier compared to the PU analysis. However, I don't know which is best to apply (PU Analysis vs. MVA Method) in different problems. My plan is do run though NCEES sample...

I figured it out. I was treating the RMS as a peak-to-peak voltage and not referenced from 0 volts. Oops. Thanks for the help.

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The proper link: http://engineerboards.com/index.php?showtopic=22179&hl=minimum-reverse-angle So I still have an issue... why would the full 120VACrms be the maximum and not half seen on the anode and capacitor? Since it is an AC wave I'd expect the positive peak to be 60 and the negative...

Shouldn't the 2 methods result in the same answer? Why is there a difference? MVA method can be found here: www.arcadvisor.com/pdf/ShortCircuitABC.pdf (via thread http://engineerboards.com/index.php?showtopic=17353) It helped me a lot with these problems.

Sorry for posting again on this question but I'm having trouble understanding the answer provided by NCEES and the other postings. The input signal is 120VACrms. I would think that the cap would charge until it reached +60VACrms, to the positive peak, and it would start discharging. I would...

I took the EE Power PE exam in April 2014 for NYS. I ended up not passing (51/80, see attached). I don't know where to go or study from here. For example, what kind of problems would fall under "General Power Engineering: Special Topics"? That seems like my worst area of performance. I was...