I'm starting to gather materials to prepare for the October EE Power PE test.
I curious about "The Electrical Engineering Reference Manual for the Power, Electrical and Electronics, and Computer PE Exams (EERM8), 8th Edition by John A. Camara"
It still shows all three concentrations even though the exam has been split to specific areas, is this book overkill (in price and content) for the new exam format?
Well, I took the PE - Power Module and I passed (in Minnesota). However, if I have to do it all over again, I'll probably make sure that I study all branches of the Power Engineering, to avoid surprises. All what I can say is if you are taking the power module, make sure you cover the following power engineering topics.
1) Power System Analysis and Faults
2) Machines
3) Power Electronics
4) High Voltage Engineering
5) Power System Protection
6) Lighting
7) Economics (the past exam didn’t have a single economics problem which was considered weird)
8) Other topics that need experience like demand power, meters,….etc
9) NEC Code.
Touch base with all nine topics, make summary sheets (1 or 2 pages/topic) to make sure that you know what this topic talks about. Write equations and maybe explanations...if you can't/don't find books covering some topics...Look on the internet, Wikipedia can be a good friend.
The Camara book is good, it has alot of sample problems with new ideas..However, some problems are really very detailed. The reference manual is really good, but those summary sheets might come in handy in some topics not covered properly in the Camara Reference Manual.