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Anyone taking the Power PE Exam in the new format starting this December? I am taking it December 6, and would like to hear what you all think of the handbook and references given (or lack thereof to be honest).

The handbook seems a bit... thin.

 
Handbook is thin. Some mistakes I hope get corrected beforehand. I am nervous because the power loss diagram for the motors isn't clear / what I studied. 

 
Anyone taking the Power PE Exam in the new format starting this December? I am taking it December 6, and would like to hear what you all think of the handbook and references given (or lack thereof to be honest).

The handbook seems a bit... thin.
Zach Stone's Electrical PE Review had a session that thoroughly went over the NCEES Reference Handbook. That really helped me, especially for the formulas that I rarely use otherwise.

 
Anyone taking the Power PE Exam in the new format starting this December? I am taking it December 6, and would like to hear what you all think of the handbook and references given (or lack thereof to be honest).

The handbook seems a bit... thin.
I'm taking mine on December 7(MONDAY). I didn't know that Pearson vue testing center is open on SUNDAY like your schedule (December 6).

 
I'm taking mine on December 2. I am not convinced, the way NCEES published handbook. There are some areas which are missing such as protection( which has more scope in exam).

 
I am very confused with symmetrical components stuff. The information they do give you is in matrices, which, works, but it just adds another unnecessary step. You have to go to a whole other section in the handbook to see the fault sequence diagrams...

 
@bufalita This video might help. 



If anything we will probably be given the sequence components and asked to find the phase component or the phase component and be asked to find the negative sequence for example. 

 
10 minutes ago, Dothracki said:

@bufalita This video might help. 


Oh no, I get how the matrix works... I just think they could have been nicer and out right give us the equations. I am just thinking I will need to remember which currents are equal or are zero when it is a line to line vs a line to ground fault etc. This is a topic where I think notes would have helped me the most :(

How are you all studying for this specific topic of symmetrical components in this new format???

 
Oh no, I get how the matrix works... I just think they could have been nicer and out right give us the equations. I am just thinking I will need to remember which currents are equal or are zero when it is a line to line vs a line to ground fault etc. This is a topic where I think notes would have helped me the most :(

How are you all studying for this specific topic of symmetrical components in this new format???
Right you are, sorry I misunderstood. The only thing I can say is to review your notes and textbooks. Look for particular practice problems that will help you get familiar with the sequence math, where to use a and a^2, where the sun is divided by 1/3, and which sequences are excluded from each fault scenario. Some things in the reference sheet go into as much detail as we would like to see and this is definitely one instance. 

 
The earliest date I could land in my area is in February. I don't know if this is a dumb question, but if we only have the given pdf handbook as a reference, how do we answer questions related looking up NEC codes and tables? Did I miss something? Is a pdf of the NEC being provided as well?

 
The earliest date I could land in my area is in February. I don't know if this is a dumb question, but if we only have the given pdf handbook as a reference, how do we answer questions related looking up NEC codes and tables? Did I miss something? Is a pdf of the NEC being provided as well?
Yes.  All necessary code books will be given as PDFs in addition to the reference manual.

 
Taking it tomorrow, so I’ll be one of the first to get feel for how the references work. Not sure if they will have additional PDFs of each code or if it will be integrated into the handbook. 

 
Taking it tomorrow, so I’ll be one of the first to get feel for how the references work. Not sure if they will have additional PDFs of each code or if it will be integrated into the handbook. 
I found this yesterday... gives an idea of what the screen is going to be like. i suspect each code book will be it's own tab.

https://wsr.pearsonvue.com/demo/

 
Taking it tomorrow, so I’ll be one of the first to get feel for how the references work. Not sure if they will have additional PDFs of each code or if it will be integrated into the handbook. 
Best of luck to you!

 
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