Anyone here ever take the Oregon Limited Energy exam?

No offense intended, but the purpose of most trade related tests is to weed out or prevent those with a lack of familiarity from performing work for others that could be substandard, or unsafe. Having the license isn't always an indication that the holder is capable of, or will result in the licensee doing high quality work, but it's usually a good start.

The majority of tests are not that difficult when approached with an appropriate knowledge base. Most states have material that indicates the information covered, and help prepare for the exam in question. That in combination with a copy of the NEC, and possibly a local community college class would most likely prepare you for a trouble free, and successful examination experience.

Good luck.

Louis

I wrote a workbook and taught courses from it all across Alaska for the Alaska Control Wiring Electrical Administrator's test several years ago. It concentrates on Class 1, 2, 3, Power Limited, and Motor Control Circuits The NEC does not specifically address "limited energy" circuits but classifies them with some tables and definitions as Class 1, 2, 3, some types of Motor Control, and power limited circuits. The manual, updated to the 2002 NEC, is on line in the form of a course with tests at

Incidentally, it took about 300 hours to write the workbook mostly on my time, and I did it while employed as a State Electrical Inspector for the State of Alaska. Using this workbook, I taught a two day course in Anchorage in 1993 for the Alaska Chapter of the International Association of Electrical Inspectors (IAEI) that took in $20,000. I got zero since I was a government employee.

How could I get a copy of your manual?

You can copy and print just about anything you see on the Internet. Try the right mouse button while in the webpage. to get the graphics use the right mouse button over the graphic. To copy the pages use the right mouse button to view the source then save as a .htm file on you hard dricw. Open the browser, go to the file menu item go down to work off line and then back to open file, browse to the .html file and open it. I am assuming you use Windows and Internet Explorer.