Techie_Junkie_PE_LEED_AP
PE, LEED AP, Ponderer of the abstract
The NEC can be confusing, especially if you don't use it regularly. There are usually around +/- 5 NEC questions and you'll have a few more for Power than if you took ECC or Computer Depths.
The NEC is like an art within itself and you can't really "study" it, you just have to know how to find information in it, and it's tricky. There are fine print notes (FPN), exceptions and cross-references. You just need to know how its laid out and how to find info fast, just like using your other PE reference books.
You should have the NEC Codebook for the Electrical exam. The NEC Handbook (hardcover) is better if you can borrow one, it's expensive but it has color pictures, the Codebook has no pictures, all text.
Mike Holt's company has a guidebook to understanding the NEC which would benefit anybody, but especially if you don't use the NEC regularly. You can look at sample pages on his website.
Here's a link to mike Holts website: http://www.mikeholt.com/bookcategory.php?t...p;from=Products
I think all you would need is the Volume I Book which covers NEC Articles 90-450, it's $59. I don't think you'd need the Volume I Workbook though.
There may be other good ones, but this is the best I've seen.
Every little bot helps, it just boils down to how bad you think you need to get those +/- 5 questions right to pass and how much they're worth.
Good Luck!
The NEC is like an art within itself and you can't really "study" it, you just have to know how to find information in it, and it's tricky. There are fine print notes (FPN), exceptions and cross-references. You just need to know how its laid out and how to find info fast, just like using your other PE reference books.
You should have the NEC Codebook for the Electrical exam. The NEC Handbook (hardcover) is better if you can borrow one, it's expensive but it has color pictures, the Codebook has no pictures, all text.
Mike Holt's company has a guidebook to understanding the NEC which would benefit anybody, but especially if you don't use the NEC regularly. You can look at sample pages on his website.
Here's a link to mike Holts website: http://www.mikeholt.com/bookcategory.php?t...p;from=Products
I think all you would need is the Volume I Book which covers NEC Articles 90-450, it's $59. I don't think you'd need the Volume I Workbook though.
There may be other good ones, but this is the best I've seen.
Every little bot helps, it just boils down to how bad you think you need to get those +/- 5 questions right to pass and how much they're worth.
Good Luck!