DIYbanter - View Single Post - electrician, breaker and amps question regarding cost...

HeyBub[_3_]

wrote:
markm75 wrote:
I'm not 100% up on conduit.. but by conduit, i'm assuming you mean
cable ran inside a shielded tube essentially.. as of now this is how
it is, with the 30amp wiring from a year ago.. so it would be conduit
again i assume.

Conduit is a metal or plastic pipe through which the wiring is run.

The $260 breaker sounds more realistic.. so $260 + $130 wire... $390
total, plus $100 per hour labor.. assume 2 hours max.. thats still
$590, not $1100.. but perhaps the conduit is pricey too..

Conduit is cheap. Fishing it through walls takes way more than 2
hours. You're paying for 1/2 day of labor for 2 people...

But he's already got a cable. Isn't it a simple matter of attaching the new
wire to the old wire and giving the combination a yank from the other end?

Well, okay, bends and such. and maybe the new wire won't FIT in the existing
conduit, but, shucks, seems like most of the work is already done.