Any HVAC PE (passed in october 22)

I took it sept 7, got my passing result in the morning on Sept 14. I finished each half with about an hour left over and used that time to check my work. The only study materials I used were the NCEES practice exam and the PPI practice exam. I just did the problems over and over again until I understood them all and could get them all right.

I thought the practice problems were harder. I am pretty good with psych and refrigeration problems, and I got a lot of both.

PDF reader was fine. Search works if you know what you're looking for and it's a very specific word (ie "fenestration"), but I was glad to have practiced so much with the PDF in my studying. I'd see a pipe loss question and know "ok I've gotta go to 'tube properties' for the inside area of the pipe" etc.

One thing about the PDF that is bad - the line tool for the psych chart and PV TS diagrams. The lines are black so they're kinda tough to see, you can only get rid of them by pressing Ctrl+z, and I suspect that if you draw more that eight then the first line you drew gets stuck. Also, you need to have some method for transferring the slope of a line from the SHR arc onto the psych chart, since you can't just make a line and drag it over like you would in blubeam or something. I held my scratch pad up to the screen at the right angle and then moved the chart on the screen until the right part was under my scratch pad, then drew the line

Supporting topic? Like ones that I only know because I'm a working HVAC engineer? Prob ~6.

There was one control question and I had no idea what the answer was. The toughest problems for me were the ones where you have a pump + pipe and an elevation change and you need to calc head loss, but only because they take so long to do. I'd practice doing those guys quickly if you can.

It sounds like you're pretty well prepared. If you haven't already tried taking the practice test timed, I'd do that the weekend before the test in 4 hour blocks. If you do better than a 75% I think you'll nail it.

Good luck!

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