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Forget EERM, it's good for nothing. NCEES sample exams are the only thing required, (plus the NEC). By as many NCEES sample exams as you can find, old and newer, and work thoroughly through each problem, over and over again. There are questions that have to do with relays, coil pickups...

That type of question could be on the exam but it would be one of that type of the 80 total questions. It's really not worth spending much time on other than to familiarize yourself with how to find that info--know where Chapter 9 tables are and tables in 314--do not study the stuff.

If the company is billing $110 for your work, you should make $110/3 = $36.6/hr or about $76k. The negotiation part comes into whether the owner will pay for your benefits out of the profits, or company reserve, or your $76k salary. In that respect, $70k is alright, because you probably also...

LEED is a good thing. For one, I recently took a prep course for a certification. After I passed the end-of-lecture test, online, there was nothing, I emailed the administrator asking whether there was some record that I completed the test. He sent me a certificate of completion. Same...

No. Receptacles are connected in parallel, precisely to allow for operation of multiple receptacles. Neutral current flowing through receptacle 1 does not flow through receptacle 2. Flow of current through the receptacle, and ultimately the appliance, is what is being sensed by the GFCI...

C'mon man! 2005?! was yesterday.

There are no problems other than those of listing. Lights must be supported from structure and not from ducts, unless the whole piece is listed for installation together. The 300.20 is not a problem. The system must be and will be grounded and that takes care of it.

I don't understand what market drivers are pushing AutoCAD 2010 and 2011 to be the leading software for designers. Everyone is using it, and everyone is bogged down. AutoCAD 2004 is about 5 times more productive. In other words what can be done in 1 hour in AutoCAD 2004, takes about 5 hours...

From what I remember, the relay problems are about two things: 1) current in the sensing leg or voltage, and 2) time response. Calculating the current is easy based on your post. It really is straightforward based on transformer formulas. To acquaint yourself with time response, I suggest...

It's about human resources to do big projects and not necessarily about specific healthcare requirements. Those jobs are carefully monitored. There are several levels of review. (team leader, engg in charge, architect, hospital construction manager, hospital lead engineer, peer review...

C'mon man. I've been using ACAD since R10. They just keep adding lisps to it that they should've put in 20 years ago. It's the same program in different package and lisps keep growing. I still use it the same way I've always been using it, with shortcuts, draw, modify, delete, insert block...

I've been looking for MEP jobs lately. These are some recent laughers I keep running across. Looking for a PE. "Latest version of AutoCAD required." :-) As if R14 is any different than 2011. I swear some of these employers never spent a day of their life designing. Recently, there has...

There are two considerations 1) load (parts of system supplied by the pump), and 2) supply (pump and tank). I am not sure what you mean by: the pump and motor need 5 um filtration, but then <100 um is not recommended. Not recommended by whom? (also, why would a motor need oil filtration...

Chicago requires special license for energy to perferom energy analysis, such as COMcheck, REScheck. The city has enacted ever so slightly more stringent version of IECC, and now they require state licensed engineers and architects who do energy calcs for living to go to a seminar ($200) and...

I get David Wallace Foster, and Edgar Allan Poe, for a abot 10 different submissions.

Me too http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Foster_Wallace

You are doing awright.

There is only one way: as a team leader in a company that uses project management. You have to work for a company that 1) has a structure of teams in charge of projects, and 2) manages that structure through project management to oversee completion of projects. You can start as a staff...

EERM 34-2, section 4: "with delta connected balanced loads, the phase and line currents differ in phase by 30 deg." Simliarly, EERM 34-2, section 2 explains, in wye connected loads, the phase and line voltages differ by 30 deg. (see equations 34.7-9.)

BIM is driven by movement towards Design/Build. If you are contracting for design/build, you will want to have BIM presentation to owner, and ability to eliminate all design errors since you are on the hook for those. (timeline to completion is negotiable, but liability is not.)