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Wouldn't this be the best thing ever? I know Fed Chairman is not an elected position, but Romney could appoint him. I'm not sure how the Senate would react, but can you imagine what would happen? Does anyone else hate the Federal Reserve as much as I do and would you love to see this happen?

It seems that the Protective Relaying Principles and Applications Third Edition has some errors, one of which I was able to confirm in my copy. Someone on Amazon says there is an errata available. Does anyone know how to get it or errata sheets in general?

An oil and gas contractor in the Houston area is looking for experienced electrical (power) engineers. At least 6 years of experience is required. I can get your resume directly to the department supervisor. Please send me a private message if interested.

I have posted these on amazon.com for sale. Prices are low because the two sample exams (not the practice problems) have lots of hand-written notes and correct answers circled. Please read descriptions first if interested. NCEES 2011 Sample Exam - $20.00...

I'm No Grammar Nazi, But Capitalize Letters Annoy Me. They look stupid when someone capitalizes a word or adjective that is not a Proper Noun in the middle of a sentence, and Some People Simply Capitalize Lots of Words to Make Everything They Write Look Like a Section Heading. also, typing...

This is directed towards the "pre-December" Texas PEs, although anyone who happens to know about this feel free to answer. I am wondering approximately how long after the test does the board generally send out the certificates, what size they are, and if they look nice. I got an email...

I'm not sure if others have said this already, but I was talking with a woman took and passed the April 2011 exam and she told me that she was able to log into the TBPE website and see her results a few days before it was officially "known" that results were out. So everyone from Texas and...

Like a marathon (26.2 mi) instead of a half marathon. If you are going to go to all the trouble, why not just go all the way. But a 5k is better than both because you can get it done without spending half your day on it.

I'm not sure if someone has posted about this already, but after doing some digging I believe that there is a limit of 10 days from the time you take the PE exam during which you can submit feedback to NCEES through your account on their website (NCEES.org, not this website). If you plan to...

I have stopped studying, but I figured I'd try one more question just in case there is an easy answer/formula that someone can throw at me. In Camara's sample exam, problem 152 gives the MVA of a generator and a transformer (fed from the generator). Voltage is given and the transformer...

Many of you might think this is a ridiculous thing to bring up. I have several binders with the transparent plastic sleeves where you can insert paper for the binder cover. Since it is not bound or glued, isn't this technically grounds for dismissal from the exam? Is anyone in here paranoid...

Ok, so p.f. correction is supposed to be a gimmie question, and I thought I had this nailed down, but apparently not. From what I can tell, the NCEES problems stop once you determine the VAR necessary to raise the p.f. I found a problem that wants the total capacitance. It is Camara sample...

I'm having some difficulty understanding how to use this table of standard transmission lines in the Yarbrough/Camara book (the one with the code names like Waxwing, Partridge, etc... It gives inductive and capacitive reactances for 1-ft spacing. How does this differ for single-phase vs...

I mostly use IEC at work so I am not very familiar with NEC, so I have this question. It seems to me that NEC 430.24 says that the conductor ampacity for at least 1 motor + anything else has to be 125% FLC of the largest motor + the sum of 100% FLC of each of the other motors, "plus the...

This problem seems to be a fault analysis problem, however I don't feel that I have the knowledge yet to solve it. I generally solve short circuit problems using the MVA method outlined by Moon H. Yuen ("learn it in an hour, use it anywhere, memorize no formula" available through IEEE industry...

Ok, in the EPRM manual (Camara) p. 42-13 section 20, he seems to say that variable speed control is most often done by introducing a foreign voltage into the secondary (rotor) circuit to oppose the induced voltage in the rotor. He also says that it is impractical to change the supply frequency...