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Posted by Percival P. Cassidy on August 6, 2005, 5:21 pm
I bought a 200A CH panel complete with main breakers, a twin 30A
breaker, and 5 or 6 20A breakers for less than $150 at Lowe's.
Additional single breakers are $7 each, twins are $17 each.
I haven't done the job yet, but I'm guessing it might take me a day (8
hours): I'm simply replacing an existing panel by one with more spaces,
with a view to splitting some circuits and maybe adding some new ones
*later*. I don't know what an electrician might charge: in NY we paid
$90 an hour for car repairs; would it be more anywhere for an
electrician? Let's say $800 for labor -- but I don't know how complex
your job is.
On 08/06/05 04:32 pm deans@wdeans.com tossed the following ingredients
into the ever-growing pot of cybersoup:
> I figure roughly $500 worth of materials and one weekend worth of time.
> Somehow electricians manage to earn $1000/day on such jobs. I don't
> get it. What is badly needed is a service for homeowners where a
> qualified individual will come in and tell the homeowner exactly what
> to do (in this case) to upgrade his or her own service. They would
> then come back in advance of the inspector and tell the homeowner about
> anything that they did wrong so that it could be corrected. The
> homeowner would also get a 24-hour hotline in case they have some
> "stupid questions". Specialized tools would be loaned to the
> homeowner for the duration of the activity (such as a large SDS
> hammer-drill to make a hole through the foundation for the service
> entrance cable). This would not work for all homeowners but would
> significantly reduce the cost for many.
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