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The last paragraph.  Read it carefully!  That's why I passed.

You're a PE with electrical background and design experience.  If they can afford you then you are a shoe-in.  You're learning curve should be much lower and easier than a new hire out of college.  I have worked as a field  protection and control engineer for 8 years now but my first job out of...

I took the SOPE course last year and passed.  It was 6 weeks of HELL working fulltime and doing the course from 1900-2200 hrs 4 days per week.  It was time consuming and taxing.  I wish I had access to the material before the class began because the reading and homework assignments were quite...

Yes, the FBPE typically licenses you for two year intervals.  I was licensed June 2016 and my fiance was licensed December 2015. Both her and my license (and every other PE in Florida) is schedule to expire 2/28/2017. Just FYI the Current, Active date is the expiration date...   When you do a...

Owism, I'd recommend a review course such as GT or School of PE.  I think both are good.  The Graffeo book is an excellent resource for the exam.  There is some good information inside and I would tab all of the tables, charts, etc.  Work EVERY PROBLEM in that book including the examples and...

Bode plots and Op Amps?  You're studying for the Power PE right?  You should have been concentrating on the subject list that NCEES puts out for this exam and not worry about tangential stuff that isn't even really in the exam scope...  

If you got 79/80 right without looking at solutions and erased problems OR GUESSING then I think you're there. I would try some additional tests like Complex Imaginary or AlexGraffeo's refence book and study guide.   I created my reference formula sheets as I solved problems using Graffeos's...

Like iwire and others have said it is all over the place:  NEC, 3 phase circuit analysis, power electronics, symmetrical components, lighting, economics, protective relaying, NESC, etc. all randomly shuffled.  It pays to have your formula sheets and reference materials well organized and labeled...

JRM_CA,  I gave this list of things I did that I believe helped me pass.  I would recommend a class like School of PE.  I did the weeknight class versus the weekend and it was brutal.  Basically a lecture every night M-Th from 1900-2200 hrs for 6 weeks with plenty of homework.  I used Graffeo's...

I'd buy one of those!

Hey man, I feel your pain. Let me tell you what got me through.  Just passed the Power PE in Florida on the 3rd time.   What I did differently from the first 2 attempts. 1.  School of PE was very helpful since it put some magnification on what I didn't know.   2.  Do lots of practice...

On Cloud 9!!!!!  :thankyou: Florida Electrial Power PE:  PASS!!!!

This specific problem it doesn't matter because we have no reference voltage to begin with (since we're solving for V given S and I).  If the problem gave us voltage (such as given V solve for i) and then and you chose a positive current angle that would be incorrect if the problem stated a...

First let me apologize. The statement about the voltage was incorrect.  Review the attached PDF.   I worked the problem in two ways.  First I worked it how I the video did and how I would have if I was doing this problem for the first time.  The second time was with the positive 33.9 degrees...

Supra, the voltage angle is 0 degrees (since this is a single phase circuit and the problem never specified a voltage angle), which is why the voltage is drawn on the real axis.  Therefore the voltage is not in quadrant I or IV. We know from the power factor that current lags the voltage...

I'm interested in the study group as well.  Located in N. Central Florida

I know your main question had to do with the Vl-n angle but I decided to solve it all the way since this is good practice for me. Also I did not refer to my Graffeo book i went off the information you provided to solve this problem. Hope I provided more good than harm... JGH

I have been going through the Graffeo book starting last week (for the April PE) so I will take a shot at this: They state that you have a 3 phase balanced wye load connected to a 208V L-L source. Draw it. Determine the 3 line currents. Well, there isn't any Zline impedance only Zload which...

It wouldn't hurt to know how to integrate or differentiate... There is nothing in the NCEES test topic breakdown that would remotely involve calculus of any kind. Maybe one problem out of 80. Now if you can't do ALGEBRA as an engineer you are screwed... :suicide1:

I did the first CI test Monday and I ran across this problem and would like to hear some clarification of when to use the two different formulas