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.