Texas Electrical Excel

*This blog post contains an affiliate link* This electrical exam prep advice will help you.  Regardless of what you've been studying and how you've been studying, here are some necessary exam prep tips to keep in mind when getting ready for the big one. Test taking tip #1 Give yourself enough time to study. Don't leave it until the last minute to study intensely.  Make sure to download and use the  Candidate Information Bulletin  for direction (it's FREE). Test taking tip #2 Arrange your study area. Make sure you have enough space to spread your books and notes out. Have you got enough light? Is your chair comfortable? Try and get rid of all disturbances, and make sure you feel as comfortable and focused as possible. Test taking tip #3 Use old electrical tests. Many great supplies are available on  Amazon .  Workbooks like these use the format that the examiners use to get you familiarized with the test. Test tak...

18 Articles You MUST Highlight If you are preparing the electrical exam , you should know that the exam is open book.  Have you seen the size of the book?  The 2014 NEC book is at least 910 pages long!  We sell highlighted and indexed/tabbed book for those of you preparing for the master electrical exam and the journeyman electrical exam. We are sharing with you today some of the articles that we highlight in our books , feel free to share this with everyone you know.  Don’t forget to sign up for our newsletter if you want to see more free tips. Listed below are 18 Articles you MUST highlight in your book.   These articles and tables are based on the 2011 NEC book.  If you have an older version or newer version, make sure to highlight the article based on the title of the article. These articles will be ones that you will have to refer to during any electrical exam.  Whether you are studying for the ICC exam or the PSI exam, thi...

Happy New Year!  We took a couple of weeks off from work and now we are back.  Last time we heard from TDLR in December, SMEs have lowered the pass score from a 75% to a 70%. The content and exam questions remain the same, the only thing that has changed is the passing score.  This doesn't mean the test is any easier than before, you still benefit from some strong guidance whether with seminars, online courses or study from home books. ALSO, TDLR has backdated the lower passing score  to September 1st.  They thought since the new 2014 NEC was adopted in September, it would only be fair to go back to the date the test changed.  So as a result about 83 electricians that had received 70%-74% are being granted a PASS score on their exam and they are receiving their new license. This is great news guys!  Don't feel overwhelmed if you have taken the exam and failed, the exam has been getting more and more difficult.  Worry not, we have the syste...