jacobertel
New User
- Location
- Wisconsin
- Occupation
- Electrical Engineer & Master Electrician
I took the master electrician exam in Wisconsin on Tuesday, March 10th at a DSPS location (not Pearson Vue) and recevied results of passing on March 19th (nine days after) with a score of 78 (I assume percent).
I studied for three weeks. This is not recommended for most people, but may be practical for other engineers. I signed up for the soonest one as a practice test, and ended up passing.
I have a bachelors degree in electrical engineering and design crane control systems using the NEC at my day job. Paul Mullen and his Better House Project inspired me to take the test and I couldn't have done it without his helpful table of contents and spreadsheet calculators.
Back in 2019 I took a night class on the NEC at my local community college. This was helpful to understand the NEC outside my niche of the crane world in chapter 610, and that SPS 316 ammends and modifies the codebook for the state.
I mostly used Snapz online learning platform to study. I felt that the questions were a close approximation to the length and difficulty found on the exam.
I added notes to SPS 316 in my codebook.
The 2017 NEC was the first codebook I purchased for work, and I'm glad that I was able to test with it. I splurged for the spiral bound version, but in hindsight wish that I had added tabs to my book too. I had read that tabs that weren't permanent were not allowed and so I ripped out the post-it notes and tabs I had added from work. In hindsight, I don't think the test proctors would have cared.
I brought a binder of notes in sheets protectors with Paul Mullen's table of contents and calculators, and SPS 316. I also had select pages from SPS 305, but never referred to them.
For my two reference books, I brought Mike Holts exam prep book and a NEC handbook. I never referred to either in the exam.
For a calculator I brought my trusty TI-36X Pro, although I hear good things about some of the Casio scientific calculators these days.
Also brought in some mechanical pencils, granola bars, water bottle, and a cheap digital watch. I appreciated having the watch to pace myself.
Going in, I didn't know how the test would be presented. The test is printed on paper. There's a front cover with a list of assumptions. In hindsight I wonder if I could have ripped this page off to make it easy to reference. The questions are printed double sided on the pages, with an average of three questions per sheet. So there's plenty of room for calculations and sketches. The answers are recorded on a scan-tron style sheet.
I've been a lurker on this forum for a long time when I've had questions at work, and am thankful for the oppurtunity to join and give back to this community.
I studied for three weeks. This is not recommended for most people, but may be practical for other engineers. I signed up for the soonest one as a practice test, and ended up passing.
I have a bachelors degree in electrical engineering and design crane control systems using the NEC at my day job. Paul Mullen and his Better House Project inspired me to take the test and I couldn't have done it without his helpful table of contents and spreadsheet calculators.
Back in 2019 I took a night class on the NEC at my local community college. This was helpful to understand the NEC outside my niche of the crane world in chapter 610, and that SPS 316 ammends and modifies the codebook for the state.
I mostly used Snapz online learning platform to study. I felt that the questions were a close approximation to the length and difficulty found on the exam.
I added notes to SPS 316 in my codebook.
The 2017 NEC was the first codebook I purchased for work, and I'm glad that I was able to test with it. I splurged for the spiral bound version, but in hindsight wish that I had added tabs to my book too. I had read that tabs that weren't permanent were not allowed and so I ripped out the post-it notes and tabs I had added from work. In hindsight, I don't think the test proctors would have cared.
I brought a binder of notes in sheets protectors with Paul Mullen's table of contents and calculators, and SPS 316. I also had select pages from SPS 305, but never referred to them.
For my two reference books, I brought Mike Holts exam prep book and a NEC handbook. I never referred to either in the exam.
For a calculator I brought my trusty TI-36X Pro, although I hear good things about some of the Casio scientific calculators these days.
Also brought in some mechanical pencils, granola bars, water bottle, and a cheap digital watch. I appreciated having the watch to pace myself.
Going in, I didn't know how the test would be presented. The test is printed on paper. There's a front cover with a list of assumptions. In hindsight I wonder if I could have ripped this page off to make it easy to reference. The questions are printed double sided on the pages, with an average of three questions per sheet. So there's plenty of room for calculations and sketches. The answers are recorded on a scan-tron style sheet.
I've been a lurker on this forum for a long time when I've had questions at work, and am thankful for the oppurtunity to join and give back to this community.