What would be a good price to pay to an electrician for installing 2
outdoor motion activated flood lights, one on the back of the house
and one on the side with the garage? the wiring would have to be run
to that location, and a switch as well to control it.[would the
switch be necessary?]

Also, what would be a fair price to pay for installation of 6
landscaping lights in the front of the house, that are controlled by
an indoor light switch?

In each case i have purchased the fixtures in advance, so the estimate
is basically for labor and supplies.

THanks.
Fish

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"fish" wrote in message
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What would be a good price to pay to an electrician for installing 2
outdoor motion activated flood lights, one on the back of the house
and one on the side with the garage? the wiring would have to be run
to that location, and a switch as well to control it.[would the
switch be necessary?]

No way to know. It could be a couple hours if there are appropriate
circuits available where you want the lights; it could be a couple days if
he has to run new circuits and there is no good way to route them.

I put one in two years ago. The instructions said a switch was required,
but it would have been a lot of work and I didn't want one anyhow, so I left
it out. It works fine; don't know why they say one is required. YMMV

Also, what would be a fair price to pay for installation of 6
landscaping lights in the front of the house, that are controlled by
an indoor light switch?

In each case i have purchased the fixtures in advance, so the estimate
is basically for labor and supplies.

THanks.
Fish

"Toller" wrote in message
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"fish" wrote in message
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What would be a good price to pay to an electrician for installing 2
outdoor motion activated flood lights, one on the back of the house
and one on the side with the garage? the wiring would have to be run
to that location, and a switch as well to control it.[would the
switch be necessary?]

No way to know. It could be a couple hours if there are appropriate
circuits available where you want the lights; it could be a couple days if
he has to run new circuits and there is no good way to route them.

I put one in two years ago. The instructions said a switch was required,
but it would have been a lot of work and I didn't want one anyhow, so I
left it out. It works fine; don't know why they say one is required.
YMMV


Some units give you the option to temporarily disable the motion detector
and force the light to stay on by flipping the switch off and back on within
2 or 3 seconds or some such.

Kevin

In addition, after a power outage, some of them keep the light lit, and you
have to turn the switch off for about 90 seconds to reset it.

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"Toller" wrote in message
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"fish" wrote in message
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What would be a good price to pay to an electrician for installing 2
outdoor motion activated flood lights, one on the back of the house
and one on the side with the garage? the wiring would have to be run
to that location, and a switch as well to control it.[would the
switch be necessary?]

No way to know. It could be a couple hours if there are appropriate
circuits available where you want the lights; it could be a couple days
if
he has to run new circuits and there is no good way to route them.

I put one in two years ago. The instructions said a switch was
required,
but it would have been a lot of work and I didn't want one anyhow, so I
left it out. It works fine; don't know why they say one is required.
YMMV


Some units give you the option to temporarily disable the motion detector
and force the light to stay on by flipping the switch off and back on
within
2 or 3 seconds or some such.

Kevin

Thanks for all the replys, i never thought about some of those switch
features and they sound good.

I am guessing that a rate of about $40.00 /hour is a reasonable rate
to pay for this job.



On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 05:22:53 GMT, fish
wrote:

What would be a good price to pay to an electrician for installing 2
outdoor motion activated flood lights, one on the back of the house
and one on the side with the garage? the wiring would have to be run
to that location, and a switch as well to control it.[would the
switch be necessary?]

Also, what would be a fair price to pay for installation of 6
landscaping lights in the front of the house, that are controlled by
an indoor light switch?

In each case i have purchased the fixtures in advance, so the estimate
is basically for labor and supplies.

THanks.
Fish