Thanks a ton. The student in me remains agitated till I discuss this kind of stuff with some one. When I saw the question, I knew what he wants to ask and did it right, but the student ? You have been useful in fixing these loose ends, tit bits.
Omer thanks for your response. I did not get it. Can you show the calculations for say, star star connection, the first in the solution. I am feeling agitated, by not getting it.
Yes, that is what I also concluded. These questions are from Chapman. I supposed, it was a good publication. May be it is old edition. The answer to your second statement is- it implies the guys are getting all questions which do not have mistakes in it. The only questions coming for discussions are those, which have mistakes in them.That implies more percentage of guys passing this time. A signal for celebrations.
If you're talking about Stephen Chapman, then yes, it is an essential. I used it almost exclusively when I took the PE (also used Graffeo, NEC and NESC, where practical). I also used a few other college texts for specific problems, but used Chapman and Graffeo for at least 75-80% of the exam.
Thanks for the feedback. I just ordered the paperback through amazon for 40ish dollars. Hopefully will arrive within 1-2 weeks!
As far as comments on references are concerned I would put a rider first- I am old; new at US, so discount that before you take anything I advise. Chapman is a good book. I do not have an experience of the PE exam itself, but I personally find Wildi better. I have got pdf copies of both, i have printed wildi for the exam. I, just at times, go through Chapman on my laptop. Few of the topics like magnetic flux stuff, auto Xmer are better explained in Chapman than it is done in wildi. Over all Machines are better explained in wildi. If you have both as I see in later posts, it is for good, you can have best of two worlds. The forum is very rich in info and you can choose best suited to you.
You can't be that old - I myself think I am older than the average user of these forums (32 years). You have the mindset of one who is hungry and trying to expand their capacity. Thank you for the input - I do have the PDFs as well but I have decided to buy the international paperback copy of Wildi. I recently ordered the Chapman paperback as well based off the other gentleman's feedback. Where you from and where do you currently live? Maryland here.
I, too, am 32. Took the exam at 31, though. I don't necessarily agree with rg1 with regards to Chapman. I think you can almost pass the test exclusively with his book, Graffeo, NEC and NESC. Now, I wouldn't show up with only those materials, but it is easily passable with them alone. I do not own a copy of Wildi, but I have made a cursory scan of it. IMHO, it is more of an "academic" book, but Chapman is better suited for this type of scenario (Chapman was actually a college text of mine). This exam is not about "academics" per se, rather it is more about fundamentals and knowing how to work problems that take an average of 6 minutes to complete. The student in me loves academia, but the PE in me loves preparing to pass the test the first time around. By no means, I'm not telling you not to use Wildi, but don't get bogged down in the academics. Learn the approaches and techniques and move on.
