Recent content by jd5191

No, I've never had to use the NEC for work, I work in Power Generation - Testing & Modeling, so no design work.

All purchased withing the last 9 months, some purchased within the last 2, so they are the latest editions. All in very good shape, some unused. Msg for details. Study Material: 1. Electrical Engineer's Guide to Passing The Power PE Exam by A. S. Graffeo, P.E. 2. The entire PPI2PASS Power...

I would agree with what others have already posted here, but I'll summarize what was important to me: 1. Prep: Decide when you're going to take it and cancel plans to do anything major between then and now. Sign up for the exam early so you're locked in to a test date. Dedicate yourself to...

congrats!

Passed!

Thanks ya'll. Much love to this forum for keeping me sane through it all!

Little green button showed up today, finally done after a year!!!!

There's no sqrt in the formula for r', but yes, 0.7788r for GMR of single strand

The comment was meant to be encouraging, not disparaging.

This is my understanding, yes.

I would think more people try to "wing it" with the CBT because of ease of testing location to your home, flexibility in scheduling year around, being able to take it more often, and how quickly you get your results so you can find out if you need to retake it. Personally speaking, I'd rather...

Is your answer in relation to the Voltage Drop equation that the answer uses? My question was why can't you use ohm's law equation instead? And If I shouldn't use ohm's law, then why not.

@adg30 Definitely don't forget to get the official NCEES practice exam, it is the closest you'll get to the wording of the actual exam. Personally, I would recommend that's the first exam you get.

The GMR formulas you've listed are used when multiple conductors are used in a single phase of a transmission line. I haven't seen many practice problems that are anything but single conductor per phase. A side note based on one of your statements: the inductance formulas use GMR (0.7788r)...

****! Went from one of the hardest to one of the easiest!