Ferm's Fast Finder:which edition do I need?

[jtokheim]

I am going to be taking the California Residential Journeyman Electrician's Certification Exam and it is based on the 1999 NEC. It was recommended to me to get a Ferm's Fast Finder to help me study. Which edition should I get: the 1999, 2002, or 2005? Another question: in CA are you allowed to bring a Ferm's or your own code book into the test? Any help would be appreciated.

 

[bphgravity]

Ferm's Fast Finder Index Guide to the 1999 NEC. This book was prepared as an aid and guide to the 1999 NEC, this book contains several formulas, drawings, and short cuts to solving everyday electrical problems.

It appears you need the 1999 to match the 1999 NEC. I doubt it will be permitted for the exam.

 

[bdarnell]

The following is from the Thomson Prometric exam outline guide:

REFERENCES
The following reference IS PROVIDED in the testing center.
No highlighting or notes of any sort may be made in the book
during the exam.
National Electrical Code, NFPA 70, 1999 Edition,
National Fire Protection Association, 1 Batterymarch
Park, P.O. Box 9101, Quincy, MA 02269-9101.
800.344.3555. www.nfpa.org.

The following reference has been used to create exam
questions but is NOT allowed in the testing center.
American Electricians? Handbook, Fourteenth Edition,
2002, McGraw-Hill Publishing, Inc., P.O. Box 545,
Blacklick, OH 43004-1545. 614.759.3663

That's pretty much all that they refer to. I'm assuming it's like NJ - they provide the Code book and that's all you get.

Good luck !

 

[sandsnow]

I wouldn't recommend that for studying for the test. If you use it to look up study questions then you'll be without a strategy come test day. Learn to use the Table of Contents and Index to find stuff in the code. Get a book with NEC questions in it.

Learn Basic Ohms law and series and parallel circuits

The rest of the non-code stuff is a no brainer