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I would try to find a contractor that you trust in something that is fairly repeatable (like say backup generator installs) and offer to become a part-time employee for them so they can avoid paying consultant markups on drawings. Make sure to determine what the fair market rate is hourly for...

Really hadn't been on here too much but if you're still dealing with this I'll try to answer it. 1. How many readings for the 5V or 120V leg? (also which leads are where for the 5V reading?) 2. If the 5V is a verified voltage, get an electrician to check your connections on both legs and the...

I particularly enjoyed the NEC and relay protection sections mostly because that's what I've dealt with before and after undergrad. Complex power was also enjoyable. I ABSOLUTELY HATED studying per unit calculations. Never really covered it in depth in undergrad and only had tertiary dealings...

I have a few years in distribution level protection systems. I never really came across many problems that I thought required more than just a cursory knowledge of protection design. The PE test I took had a transmission impedance relay problem. I had never even seen an impedance relay before...

Ok, When a1&a2 is shorted that means the current that was being measured at point a has been sent to ground. You will definitely not read anything at point a. Further more, during a single phase to ground fault all currents go to zero but the ground fault current and the source current...

Out of the 7 people I know who took it only 2 passed. 1/3 in Power 1/1 in Transpo 0/2 in WRE and 0/1 in MMD Only the Transpo guy had taken it before the rest of us were first timers (I think)

You'll get it..... wait for it....... 8-10 weeks later

First time Power. 210ish hours Worked probably 450ish problems.

I know that this may not work for everyone but, I went back to the way I studied in college. I found someone else who was taking the same test and we studied together. I'm the type of person who learns by working a ton of problems and talking through the process with others it's how I graduated...