On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 18:15:46 -0700, "Eigenvector"
wrote:


"Tom The Great" wrote in message
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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.