Study materials for PE Electrical Power

[ali1361]

Friends,

I would like to start a thread to put our study materials here and categorize them based on the exam subjects. Please help me to complete it. If you have better options to gather the study materials please advise. We can enrich here by adding link, examples, reference book and material, videos,...

Measurement and Instrumentation

http://download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_File_Id=2799772&p_File_Name=CG0021EN-(web).pdf

Special Applications

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Codes and Standards

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Circuit Analysis

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Devices and Power Electronic Circuits

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Rotating Machines and Electromagnetic Devices

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Transmission and Distribution (High, Medium, and Low Voltage)

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Protection

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[shsweet28]

Cooper Power Systems: Electrical Distribution-System Protection

This gives a good overview of coordination of overcurrent devices (relays, recloser, fuses) as well as overvoltage protection (arresters, BIL, insulators).

 

[daw4888]

I would add this for the econ part,

http://www.ekfak.kg.ac.rs/sites/default/files/nastava/Novi%20Studijski%20Programi/IV%20godina/PoslovneFinansije/Vezbe/Tablice%20vremenske%20vrednosti%20novca.pdf

Take a few to get used to using the table. It makes all PV/FV and annuity problems very trivial.

 

[daw4888]

http://www.geindustrial.com/publibrary/checkout/GEP-974G?TNR=Application%20and%20Technical|GEP-974G|PDF

for Caps. Start on page 26 for PF correction. The table on 33 also make PF correction problems very trivial when you learn how to use the table.

 

[daw4888]

http://www.jmpangseah.com/wp-content/uploads/2003/01/chapter-5.pdf

MVA Method

 

[daw4888]

http://www.valpo.edu/student/asme/FE%20Slides/EngEconSlides.pdf

More Econ

 

[bethy]

SPD (Selecting Protective Devices) - by Cooper Bussmann

This is very helpful for protective coordination

 

[shsweet28]

http://www.jmpangseah.com/wp-content/uploads/2003/01/chapter-5.pdf

MVA Method

^ Know this, love this. This will allow you to solve quite a few problems on the test quickly.

Another resource I used on the test regarding:

Paralleling Transformers

http://static.schneider-electric.us/docs/Electrical%20Distribution/Medium%20Voltage%20Transformers/General%20Documents/7400DB0701.pdf

 

[VMISpyder]

I highly recommend the PPI/UMBC live study class. I have all of the binders from the class if anyone is interested. Took the fall 2013 class and passed the Oct. 2013 exam. The class is a good summary of all topics required to pass the exam.

 

[VMISpyder]

I also recommend Schaum's and Gould Shawmut books. Old, but have a ton of required info.

 

[tec9]

If the PPI/UMBC course mentioned above is the same that I partially sat through...it was, by far, the worst course that I've taken. I gave up halfway through since:

a. the slides were riddled with errors

b. the course quickly got WAY behind schedule and

c. the sessions involved the instructor reading the slides to the group, the participants performing QA/QC work on their slides (i.e., finding the errors or having to parse through poorly presented info) and the instructor stumbling through explanations or, in some cases, bizarrely justifying incorrect information.

The course also follows the Camara/PPI material, of course...which is another story entirely.

I think the tried and true Grainger, Wildi, NCEES sample, CI & Spin Up, etc. resources in addition to a lot of the stuff mentioned in this thread is a much better use of time and money.

 

[FE Exam General_Study]

The Kaplan review course also riddled with errors. All the instructor does is read the slides; It is a waste of money.