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    PE and Money

    You have to look out for number 1, nobody will. Companies play many games to keep engineer's salaries low, such as creating no poaching agreements with other companies. Look at the class action lawsuit against Google and Apple which cost them $324 million for playing games with engineer's...
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    PE Power Sample Exam

    Zorak, Spin Up had the good intro. with the test taking strategy. There was nothing in Complex Imaginary.
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    Spin up exam 2- Q 49 and 50

    That is just basic relay logic which you need to be familiar with. For question 49, when button "V" is pushed, relay "z" will get latched and contact "z" will energize relay "Y". When relay "Y" is energized the normally closed contact "Y" will become open and not provide a path to energize the...
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    Retaking the Electrical Power in April of 2013

    Passed the Elect Power on the 1st try. My strategy used was: 1. GA Tech class 2. Reference books - PPI, Wildi, and Grainger 3. Sample exams - SpinUp and NCEES
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    1 Business Day Shipping until Exam Day (4/13/12)

    Spinup, thanks for providing the inexpensive quick shipping.
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    Motor Logic Diagrams

    The diagrams are showing relay logic which you should understand. There are many books on the subject. The Wildi book (Electrical Machines, Drives, and Power Systems) has some stuff on it. If you are familiar with ladder logic from PLC's, the relay logic shown in Spin-up's questions for the...
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    Spin-Up Sample Exam Problems Discussion

    Load Factor is also a function of availability. Since the generation was only avail for 6 hours for a given day and used at half capacity for 5 hours and zero capacity for the other hour than the Load Factor is ((.5 hrs use )(5 hr avail) + (0)(1 hr avail))/ ( 6 hrs of Max Capacity) = 42% The...
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    Spin-Up Sample Exam Problems Discussion

    In Camara's reference book in Table 27.2 , it says the average of a Sine Wave is 0. Half wave is .637
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    Which NEC for 2012 Exams

    My NCEES sample exam uses the 2008 version, I wonder if they will come out with an updated version before the exam.
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    Best Prep. Course for PE- Electrical-Power

    I am taking it also, but it ends very close to the exam date. I hope there is enough time to learn.
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    Hot "Green" topics for the exam

    The green certification is the LEEDS
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