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How much does it cost to change 15amp circuit to 20 amp RS 12-06-2006
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Posted by RS on December 6, 2006, 6:38 pm


Hi
I just moved to Seattle and we bought a treadmill which we've kept in
the garage. Now the garage has a 15amp circuit but the treadmill needs
a 20 amp one. We asked an electrician to give us a quote to change from
15 to 20 and he has quoted $600 for the wall closet to the door and
$900 for a wall further.

I am novice at this, could someone tell me what would be a good price
to pay for this?

Thanks
Rashmi


Posted by hallerb@aol.com on December 6, 2006, 6:46 pm



RS wrote:
> Hi
> I just moved to Seattle and we bought a treadmill which we've kept in
> the garage. Now the garage has a 15amp circuit but the treadmill needs
> a 20 amp one. We asked an electrician to give us a quote to change from
> 15 to 20 and he has quoted $600 for the wall closet to the door and
> $900 for a wall further.
>
> I am novice at this, could someone tell me what would be a good price
> to pay for this?
>
> Thanks
> Rashmi

it all depends on how far and difficult it is to replace wiring and
outlet....... plus does your breaker box have any unused slots?

is the wire exposed? or hidden?

Frankly unless your treadmill is a PRO model its hard to believe it
will really need 20 amps.


Posted by Charles Schuler on December 6, 2006, 7:01 pm





> Frankly unless your treadmill is a PRO model its hard to believe it
> will really need 20 amps.

I guess he will dump energy back to the grid when he is on the treadmill. I
would not tangle with him!

Seriously, 20A seems a bit much.



Posted by Goedjn on December 7, 2006, 2:36 pm


wrote:

>
>RS wrote:
>> Hi
>> I just moved to Seattle and we bought a treadmill which we've kept in
>> the garage. Now the garage has a 15amp circuit but the treadmill needs
>> a 20 amp one. We asked an electrician to give us a quote to change from
>> 15 to 20 and he has quoted $600 for the wall closet to the door and
>> $900 for a wall further.
>>
>> I am novice at this, could someone tell me what would be a good price
>> to pay for this?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Rashmi
>
>it all depends on how far and difficult it is to replace wiring and
>outlet....... plus does your breaker box have any unused slots?
>
>is the wire exposed? or hidden?
>
>Frankly unless your treadmill is a PRO model its hard to believe it
>will really need 20 amps.

And to think, there was a time when they used treadmills to
GENERATE power.....




Posted by Chris Friesen on December 6, 2006, 6:47 pm


RS wrote:

> I just moved to Seattle and we bought a treadmill which we've kept in
> the garage. Now the garage has a 15amp circuit but the treadmill needs
> a 20 amp one. We asked an electrician to give us a quote to change from
> 15 to 20 and he has quoted $600 for the wall closet to the door and
> $900 for a wall further.
>
> I am novice at this, could someone tell me what would be a good price
> to pay for this?

The material cost on this would be fairly small. The vast majority of
the cost would be in labour.

In any case, you should probably get a few more estimates.

Do you know anyone else there? Find out if they have had electrical
work done, who they hired to do it, and what they thought of them.

Chris

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