A lot of us buy references such as Graffeo, EngProguide ( I consider these as NOTES; Grainger, Wildi etc as typical BOOKS). For PE, we are not required to have an in depth knowledge on any particular subject but have a basic knowledge on a lots of different subjects. Most importantly be able to solve the problems in 6 minutes.
These NOTES cover need to know information, important formulas and give you quick run down on a topic. Now, I'm sure real exam will have stuff beyond these notes. My view is, let's say if something is asked beyond the reference material covered in these notes then the chances are you are going to have a hard time anyway to get the answer right. In other words, if you can't solve it from these notes then you can't solve it anyway due to time needed etc.
So if that is the case, do we need to even go through these books, rather spend your time in going through these notes, make your binder and solve a lots of problems from where ever you can get, such as Spin up, Complex , etc etc.
Protection book is a different matter as that subject is not covered very well by these notes. You also need to practice looking up NEC code.
Previous test takers and preparing for the exam, what is your take on this? Previous test takers, did the books help you answer questions which could not be answered through these notes? ( exclude protection questions and NEC questions) , I am talking about not spending a lot of time on Camara, Wildi, Grianger BOOKS but rely on these notes instead.
These NOTES cover need to know information, important formulas and give you quick run down on a topic. Now, I'm sure real exam will have stuff beyond these notes. My view is, let's say if something is asked beyond the reference material covered in these notes then the chances are you are going to have a hard time anyway to get the answer right. In other words, if you can't solve it from these notes then you can't solve it anyway due to time needed etc.
So if that is the case, do we need to even go through these books, rather spend your time in going through these notes, make your binder and solve a lots of problems from where ever you can get, such as Spin up, Complex , etc etc.
Protection book is a different matter as that subject is not covered very well by these notes. You also need to practice looking up NEC code.
Previous test takers and preparing for the exam, what is your take on this? Previous test takers, did the books help you answer questions which could not be answered through these notes? ( exclude protection questions and NEC questions) , I am talking about not spending a lot of time on Camara, Wildi, Grianger BOOKS but rely on these notes instead.
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