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So many binders!!! What's that protective relaying theory and applications book? Do you like it?

They converted all the IEEE color books to standards a few years ago. I am working on collecting them for fun, but i got my lightning protection reference from cedengineering.com/electrical-engineering/protection-systems

WOW! Good Job!  Definitely take a pic, it's so much fun to see what everyone has!  Coaster won't be included in the final haul... it just ended up in my photo. 😝 I would be that person that spilled soda all over my scantron!

Thanks Bill! Most of the Cram #1 stuff is in the Cram Book - totally recommend reading it with a highlighter. It has a lot of random info hidden in it. Also I write down references to most of my solved problems if you'd like to know where to find something. Good Job!!!

How did the practice exams this weekend go? I did EngProGuides Full and got a 56/80... are we considering that passing? Not my best, and Im missing things all over the board still, xbut there were several items Id never seen and a few PU issues i need to figure out. I liked the bonus problems...

WOW! Looking good Bill! I think you've got a solid stack!

The goods all crated up! Bottom left has main references including my main custom binder, custom spirals, and code books! Tabs out so they dont get crushed! Top left is extra books i haven't really used, stuff i need to read/look through and practice exams. (Some are still blank - we still...

I feel you Bill! Honestly, I mostly took today off for my sanity - and it's felt really good. Maybe try taking a day off? I know that feels like the opposite of what you want/need to do, but it may help you reset and get pumped up for an even better week. We still have a lot of time to work on...

Took the first half of @Zach Stone, P.E. practice exam today and ran out of time. The code problems are tricky! I need to work on code, capacitors, and getting more familiar with transmission line problems. Id love to read some more about problem #11 if you have a suggested reference, the whole...

Thank you!!! I may try to do some of them then. It's not my best subject, but I'm more weak on the theory than the math.

So the safety department actually showed this video in class today and it had step and touch potential in it. No math, and it's really cheesy, but still might help you understand the concept behind the problem. https://youtu.be/fLVzvMTgGDY

Does anyone else have the Fundamentals of Power System Protection by Paithankar and Bhide and think the quizzes in the back of the book are worth looking at?

This is a step potential/voltage gradient problem. Ive seen it covered in electrical safety classes. The wikipedia article on earth potential rise says it's covered in IEEE-80, but just google step potential and you'll get some good expainations.

Thanks for this! I felt kinda bad that I didn't take it timed. Everyone says it's a great place to start, and I needed something to get started since I've been out of school for a while, and don't do a lot of this stuff at work. It was a great review, and I took the exam over a week doing a 10...

I'm planning on taking a Cram exam this weekend. This week I retook the circuits quiz to prep for class tonight - I'm still having some issues remembering the phase shift. I need to complete the Code section of class - I have done fairly poorly on these questions.

Good Luck!!! I've got all the main coursework in 2x 2in binders (ch 1-5 and ch 6-9) tabbed by chapter and section with a title (ex. 8.4 Power Quality), so I can look at the table of contents for each chapter really fast if needed. This worked very well today the few times I needed to look at...

Took the NCEES practice exam today! 59/80. First one i've taken timed, ended up running out of time on the afternoon session with 7 blank (oops! - some poor time management, some getting stuck on certain problems, some just didn't want to be doing this anymore) Need to work on transformer...

This was true for electrical too. One of my old supervisors was telling me there used to be a whole bunch of problems from all the engineering fields and you had to pick and solve like 7 or 10 of them and they graded your work. He took the test in the 70s.

Please share with us how you like it! I do a bunch of rectifiers, vfds, and controls stuff at work, and am not that worried about these sections, but maybe i should be? 😬 Delta-wye and wye-delta conversions kicked my butt today, so i gotta work on that. 

Why haven't I thought of this before for the qualitative problems!?!? It makes so much sense! The "its all the above" answers trick me into picking them every time! I feel so behind everyone on the forums right now, since I'm still going through the review course instead of working through...