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Ball park cost for breaker box replacement
I had two similar jobs done when I sold my house about two years ago
and purchased a new one. On the house sold, they upgraded the system from a fuse box to a circuit breaker box. On the new house, they replaced an old breaker box that is now viewed as a fire hazzard and upgraded the service. I don't recall the exact amounts, but I think each job was in the $500 to $1,000 range with the electrician providing material. This was in the midwest. YMMV in different parts of the country. Eigenvector wrote: I'm calling around for some sort of quotes to replace my failing circuit breaker box and so far I've only received one estimate. The price they quoted was about $2500 bucks roughly or $91/hour for their work - including permit and inspection. No other electricians want to release their hourly rate nor provide estimates. I'm not bitter about it, just interested in how much money I'll have to secure to do this. So if you had to guess, what would it cost to replace a non-grounded circuit breaker with a grounded circuit breaker IF I SUPPLIED THE BREAKERS AND THE PANEL. |
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Ball park cost for breaker box replacement
"PaulD" wrote in message ps.com... I had two similar jobs done when I sold my house about two years ago and purchased a new one. On the house sold, they upgraded the system from a fuse box to a circuit breaker box. On the new house, they replaced an old breaker box that is now viewed as a fire hazzard and upgraded the service. I don't recall the exact amounts, but I think each job was in the $500 to $1,000 range with the electrician providing material. This was in the midwest. YMMV in different parts of the country. Sounds close to what I'm hearing. I contacted them today and they talked me out of upgrading the box until I was ready to go to 200 A service, so for now they'll install dual grounds, using sufficient copper to allow for future upgrades - although he mentioned that its the same ground for 100A and 200A, and replace all the breakers. He's got a guy coming out to mark the ground spots, locate the utility lines, and then take a quick looky at the box to level-set the job. $191 for the first hour, $91 each additional hour work. Eigenvector wrote: I'm calling around for some sort of quotes to replace my failing circuit breaker box and so far I've only received one estimate. The price they quoted was about $2500 bucks roughly or $91/hour for their work - including permit and inspection. No other electricians want to release their hourly rate nor provide estimates. I'm not bitter about it, just interested in how much money I'll have to secure to do this. So if you had to guess, what would it cost to replace a non-grounded circuit breaker with a grounded circuit breaker IF I SUPPLIED THE BREAKERS AND THE PANEL. |
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Ball park cost for breaker box replacement
On 18 Sep 2006 15:09:15 -0700, "PaulD"
wrote: I had two similar jobs done when I sold my house about two years ago and purchased a new one. On the house sold, they upgraded the system from a fuse box to a circuit breaker box. On the new house, they replaced an old breaker box that is now viewed as a fire hazzard and upgraded the service. I don't recall the exact amounts, but I think each job was in the $500 to $1,000 range with the electrician providing material. This was in the midwest. YMMV in different parts of the country. Are parts cheaper in the midwest? A good square-d panel (with a few included breakers) will cost 200+ here, Pa. Plus additional QO singles are about 5 bucks a piece, and any grounding upgrades will need wire and rod(s) and pipe clamps(about 3 bucks a piece). So material alone this could be over 300 bucks. Was it done by a licensed electrician, permit and inspection? tom Eigenvector wrote: I'm calling around for some sort of quotes to replace my failing circuit breaker box and so far I've only received one estimate. The price they quoted was about $2500 bucks roughly or $91/hour for their work - including permit and inspection. No other electricians want to release their hourly rate nor provide estimates. I'm not bitter about it, just interested in how much money I'll have to secure to do this. So if you had to guess, what would it cost to replace a non-grounded circuit breaker with a grounded circuit breaker IF I SUPPLIED THE BREAKERS AND THE PANEL. |
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On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:20:18 -0700, "Eigenvector"
wrote: "PaulD" wrote in message ups.com... I had two similar jobs done when I sold my house about two years ago and purchased a new one. On the house sold, they upgraded the system from a fuse box to a circuit breaker box. On the new house, they replaced an old breaker box that is now viewed as a fire hazzard and upgraded the service. I don't recall the exact amounts, but I think each job was in the $500 to $1,000 range with the electrician providing material. This was in the midwest. YMMV in different parts of the country. Sounds close to what I'm hearing. I contacted them today and they talked me out of upgrading the box until I was ready to go to 200 A service, so for now they'll install dual grounds, using sufficient copper to allow for future upgrades - although he mentioned that its the same ground for 100A and 200A, and replace all the breakers. He's got a guy coming out to mark the ground spots, locate the utility lines, and then take a quick looky at the box to level-set the job. $191 for the first hour, $91 each additional hour work. IMHO: Paying a contractor by the hour is dumb(unless they have the hours spelled out in the job description, so you are still only paying by the job). This encourages slop, and waste. They (bad contractors) can trick you into thinking they are being careful, and purposely going very slow. Let me guess they offered to do all the clean up and even vaccuum. tom Eigenvector wrote: I'm calling around for some sort of quotes to replace my failing circuit breaker box and so far I've only received one estimate. The price they quoted was about $2500 bucks roughly or $91/hour for their work - including permit and inspection. No other electricians want to release their hourly rate nor provide estimates. I'm not bitter about it, just interested in how much money I'll have to secure to do this. So if you had to guess, what would it cost to replace a non-grounded circuit breaker with a grounded circuit breaker IF I SUPPLIED THE BREAKERS AND THE PANEL. |
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"Tom The Great" wrote in message ... On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:20:18 -0700, "Eigenvector" wrote: "PaulD" wrote in message oups.com... I had two similar jobs done when I sold my house about two years ago and purchased a new one. On the house sold, they upgraded the system from a fuse box to a circuit breaker box. On the new house, they replaced an old breaker box that is now viewed as a fire hazzard and upgraded the service. I don't recall the exact amounts, but I think each job was in the $500 to $1,000 range with the electrician providing material. This was in the midwest. YMMV in different parts of the country. Sounds close to what I'm hearing. I contacted them today and they talked me out of upgrading the box until I was ready to go to 200 A service, so for now they'll install dual grounds, using sufficient copper to allow for future upgrades - although he mentioned that its the same ground for 100A and 200A, and replace all the breakers. He's got a guy coming out to mark the ground spots, locate the utility lines, and then take a quick looky at the box to level-set the job. $191 for the first hour, $91 each additional hour work. IMHO: Paying a contractor by the hour is dumb(unless they have the hours spelled out in the job description, so you are still only paying by the job). This encourages slop, and waste. They (bad contractors) can trick you into thinking they are being careful, and purposely going very slow. Let me guess they offered to do all the clean up and even vaccuum. tom Boy you must really hate contractors, or have had far too many bad experiences. I'm glad I'm not as cynical and world weary as you are. Eigenvector wrote: I'm calling around for some sort of quotes to replace my failing circuit breaker box and so far I've only received one estimate. The price they quoted was about $2500 bucks roughly or $91/hour for their work - including permit and inspection. No other electricians want to release their hourly rate nor provide estimates. I'm not bitter about it, just interested in how much money I'll have to secure to do this. So if you had to guess, what would it cost to replace a non-grounded circuit breaker with a grounded circuit breaker IF I SUPPLIED THE BREAKERS AND THE PANEL. |
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Ball park cost for breaker box replacement
On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 18:15:46 -0700, "Eigenvector"
wrote: "Tom The Great" wrote in message .. . On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:20:18 -0700, "Eigenvector" wrote: "PaulD" wrote in message roups.com... I had two similar jobs done when I sold my house about two years ago and purchased a new one. On the house sold, they upgraded the system from a fuse box to a circuit breaker box. On the new house, they replaced an old breaker box that is now viewed as a fire hazzard and upgraded the service. I don't recall the exact amounts, but I think each job was in the $500 to $1,000 range with the electrician providing material. This was in the midwest. YMMV in different parts of the country. Sounds close to what I'm hearing. I contacted them today and they talked me out of upgrading the box until I was ready to go to 200 A service, so for now they'll install dual grounds, using sufficient copper to allow for future upgrades - although he mentioned that its the same ground for 100A and 200A, and replace all the breakers. He's got a guy coming out to mark the ground spots, locate the utility lines, and then take a quick looky at the box to level-set the job. $191 for the first hour, $91 each additional hour work. IMHO: Paying a contractor by the hour is dumb(unless they have the hours spelled out in the job description, so you are still only paying by the job). This encourages slop, and waste. They (bad contractors) can trick you into thinking they are being careful, and purposely going very slow. Let me guess they offered to do all the clean up and even vaccuum. tom Boy you must really hate contractors, or have had far too many bad experiences. I'm glad I'm not as cynical and world weary as you are. Trust no one! Eigenvector wrote: I'm calling around for some sort of quotes to replace my failing circuit breaker box and so far I've only received one estimate. The price they quoted was about $2500 bucks roughly or $91/hour for their work - including permit and inspection. No other electricians want to release their hourly rate nor provide estimates. I'm not bitter about it, just interested in how much money I'll have to secure to do this. So if you had to guess, what would it cost to replace a non-grounded circuit breaker with a grounded circuit breaker IF I SUPPLIED THE BREAKERS AND THE PANEL. |
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