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Hitachi( Old ABB South Boston) is an option; they make a pretty solid unit. GE-Prolec as was previously said, but they'll be a long ways out. You could consider Jerry's Electric, T&R Electric, or Sunbelt Solomon if you are ok with a refurbished unit. There are other refurb shops out there too...

Good info folks, obviously I'm in the wrong part of the country/world!

Some anecdotal evidence... Where I live, the Registered Nursing profession has seen a starting wage increase in 30% over the past 10 years, and now I see billboards for the local health systems offering anywhere from $7,500-$20,000 starting bonuses-and they put this up on billboards! The local...

I call this "the trap", and it is as many others have said in this thread. An engineers earning potential peaks as an engineer in most places at 8-12 years, meaning you'll get your 1-3% per year in perpetuity until you quit, die, get fired or retire. So for engineers to move past the (real or...

Does anyone have any evidence or links to research that counters the "hype" that there is an engineer shortage? I don't believe there is either, but you'd think someone had actually looked into it and published research, even if it's just a magazine article.

I've seen and done this myself; if you have a solidly grounded Y point you should be fine, although you now have a 200A choke on one phase....If you were in delta, ungrounded Y or impedance grounded Y I'd say stay away from it for the reasons you highlight.

If you want to be a technical engineer, there are very few companies that will reward you money wise like a manager who does no engineering. There are a few, but they are few. I personally feel engineers are way more valuable than our market makes us, but then, it's the market that makes us...

Kenat- You are right, if $ are the most important, engineering is not the career in general! the original assumption was that the intangibles were unchanged. work life balance was is similar, satisfaction is similar, etc. I think the original concern was that does stepping back into a...

KENAT- I asked the question; management path is of interest only because that appears to be the only way to increase comp beyond a certain level. Thoughts?

JohnRBaker- 10 years out of college, 3 yrs in current position.

Question- A first level supervisor with 12 direct reports is being pursued by a company that offers a 10% increase in base salary, double bonus potential and overall a 30% increase in total comp package; but it would entail a return to a mid to senior level individual contributor level from...

CM- I was in a similar situation when I was approaching PE. Our state only required that 3 of the 5 references be PEs, and I had several colleagues who had just recently gotten theirs-it helped I was part of IEEE so I'd agree with the ASME statement. Should find some PEs there that once they...

I am wondering what people are using for Substation Design tools? We all have our own opinions and functionality needs, but I'm curious what might be software packages that are industry popular. AutoCad is the platform I'm familiar with in my experience, but I know there are many others. What...

GTME12- It might not have applied directly, but it taught you how to THINK

But moltenmetal, that requires forward manpower planning... heaven forbid! I agree with you 100%, do lots of co-ops, make a job for the best ones, and train them and keep them happy. I'd add be very quick on opportunistic hires. If you hear of a good one on the market, you snatch them up-job...

Probably shouldn't use a VFD in place of a soft start-two different animals I used CYME in my past and that had a couple types of soft starts as well as VFDs. I'd call SKM as others have suggested, they'll tell you how to model your situation and probably let you know what parts of their...

If your transformer is already rated for your primary voltage, what is the concern? I guess I'm not sure what you are getting at... Are you spec'ing a transformer with those voltage ratings?

In my short career, I'd say you have great expierience. I friend of mine worked for a heavy contractor during college, learned alot that applies directly to his Civil Engineering degree. He was a great engineer right out of the chute because he understood how what he was doing was actually...

davidbeach- Alot of distributors sell meters-alot of utilities do buy through a distributor rather than direct.

Go out to a couple of local electrical distributors, they'll be selling residential meters and can point in the right direction. From the little bit I'v seen, the metering companies have done little to integrate outside of their own meter comm networks; they are using proprientary protocol...