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youngstructural, You won a couple of engineering competitions, which ones? I've never personally been to CEC, but I ran part of WEC (the Western Canada regional). I've never heard or gotten the impression that any engineering schools in Canada are particularly better or worse than others...

cry22, I think that you are making the assumption that bad grades came before the construction work. In many people, construction/physically intensive work comes as a calling before they don't get the same grades as you or I. I grew up in a family absolutely dominated on both sides of my...

We're working on a hydroelectric site with a steel penstock entering the powerhouse. There's a copper grounding grid in close proximity to the penstock, bringing concerns we may need to design cathodic protection. I've spent a bunch of time working on it and everything seems very do-able...

Coming from a Canadian, we have the title of P.Eng (very similar to a Chartered Engineer, from my understanding). If your country is a member of the Washington Accord (google it), your engineering education is recognized by all member nations and you can go through their license process as...

Thanks for the suggestions - very helpful. Specifically for HV submarine cables, does anyone know of any suppliers besides ABB and Prysmian?

Hey guys, I've been asked to obtain a ballpark price estimate in $/km and rough installation costs for... -5kV and 15kV three phase armoured, shielded underground or overhead cable, with fibre optic down the centre and -25kV and 69kV three phase submarine cables. We'd expect the lengths...

cry22, Wow. I've heard of self-righteous engineers, but man. Some one has to dig trenches. Some one has to be the janitor, and some one has to build your house. I've worked residential construction before and I enjoyed it a lot. But now I'm an engineer, and I miss working outside sometimes...

Wow, the American system. Here in Canada, no question to get your P.Eng. you need four years work experience under a P.Eng, every discipline. No exceptions (although, foreign engineers do fight this sometimes). How can you trust any PE to sign a document when he's possibly never had anything...

I guess it comes down to whether you want to work for a company that cares only about grades. I think there's a whole host of egotistical management issues that would become very apparent very quickly. If my grades aren't good enough for a company, then that company isn't good enough for me.

Should have taken your engineering degree in Canada. The word I've heard is that Canadian engineers have something like over a 95% pass rate on the American PE Exam. Can some one correct me if I heard this ENTIRELY wrong?

Might be beating a dead horse here, but... You're a Canadian electrical engineer like me (I'm finishing in April 2009 from UVic). You already have a lot on US engineers and the ability to travel abroad if you want to. Our engineering programs are extremely consistent and well respected. That...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but having a unity pf on a transmission would be unwise for stability purposes, wouldn't it? My experience in transmission system control tells me you need VAr's to keep the voltage up in case of a fault. We'd all like zero cost for transmission, but without VAr's my...

That's funny; I was just reading about TVSS's and saw this thread. BC Hydro, a provincial Crown corporation here in Canada has some information about these things. It's a scam; if there was a way to get free energy you bet the utility/generator would be doing it. They talk specifically about...

Keep in mind all those current definitions are sorta industry lingo. Truth is, V ALWAYS equals IZ. Always. Never ever forget that. You can solve for current on any conductor by taking the voltage drop and dividing by the load/line impedence.

Oops I mistyped that. Power factor is pf = cos(phi), where phi is the angle in electrical degrees between the current and the voltage waveforms. pf = P/S as well. Yes, power factor is always less than or equal to one. It is NOT a percentage, though. Do not assume that if pf = 0.8 that it's 80%...

FLA - Full Load Amps. Refers to the maximum current draw from a load. For example on a motor (I'm a 4th year power EE, so experts correct me please), the FLA will be the rated current. Load current - current drawn by an impeding load. Can be complex or completely real load. Line current -...

I was worried there for a second. I saw the topic and question and thought, "Doesn't V ALWAYS equal IR?" Thank goodness I've learned something in 3 1/2 years of school.

Okay, thanks! That makes sense. I'm assuming a PT does a similar thing, but steps down the voltage for measurement instead.

I'm a new engineer and I've just been asked if I can find out the CT ratio used when collecting power quality data with a Fluke 1750. I can probably find the information and provide the number, but I'd rather know what it means - might save me some time in a book. What is a CT ratio and what...

EHV can be taken relative - I'm assuming you mean something along the lines of 230kV to 735kV?