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Posted by Tom The Great on September 19, 2006, 11:01 pm
On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 18:15:46 -0700, "Eigenvector"
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>> On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:20:18 -0700, "Eigenvector"
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>>>
>>>>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
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>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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