Home Electricians
Need a new breaker panel installed, and since the electric company won't work with unlicensed me, gotta play by the rules.
Anyone know a decently priced lead? |
Phil? aka //<86TA>\\ :kneeslap:
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Phil will do it right assuming he has time.
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What do you mean the electrical company won't work with you?
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technically a new box needs to be inspected as well.
and while you are there maybe add a whole house surge suppressor |
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That means electric company needs a licensed electrician to do the work etc. They won't turn off the service for the switch if its just me AFAIK. |
you need a new line from the pole then too, no? IIRC when I bumped from 100 to 200 i think that was required.
I dunno, paying someone to do it isn't that much. beats killing your self or burning the house down. and they probably get it done in one day. |
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homeowner should be able to do the work but might just be easier to hire. however do not think it'll be cheap expect 1500+.
I've thought about becoming licensed just so i can help family and friends cheaply. |
my electrician took care of all permits too
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Btw. Most electricians I've used don't turn off the power when they switch over the service at the mast. |
Yea, well aware of the issue with the breakers, thats really my main reasoning with the work.
If you could, shoot me a PM. |
Where are you located? My cousin (a licensed residential electrician) did my mom's panel in 2012 - he works out of Wayne...
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I can do the panel etc myself, it is strictly cause the electric company won't upgrade service without proof of licensed work done ( I think ) |
If you only have a 60 amp service the provider shouldn't care about upgrading until after you put the panel in.
At least I don't think PSEG gives a crap about WHO does the work as long as the wiring is protected by the proper size of breaker |
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I thought you hated electrical work? Why would you want to do that yourself?
Write check, sit back, drink beer & watch. |
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And so far lowest quote was 2100, so writing check will be painful... |
beats screwing it up. does that include permits? I paid less than that for that work (about 9 years ago) and it included everything.
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Its a complicated mess currently. Garage was added after house was built.
Currently, original house panel is in kitchen along with a single breaker for dryer. Both of these are fed from an additional panel in the garage. All of which, are federal pacific and make me sad. So, would want new 150amp panel in garage and junction box ditching the kitchen mess. |
that does sound messy. keep getting estimates, write the check.
I paid $2300 for move from 100 to 200, added whole house surge suppressor, ran 60 amp sub to garage, did all the writing in a new basement addition. |
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Normally you could legally do work on any part of the house yourself but since it involves work before the main breaker I'm pretty sure the power company can tell you that the person needs to be licensed. They will provide the electrician with a DR number it's kind of like a work order number that had to be used to get the permits. I think that the $2100 number you got doesn't seem bad especially since there is going to be a sub panel involved and probably running some new home runs to garage. Depending how far the meter is going to be from panel, they may also need to be a main service disconnect at meter and have your main panel act as a sub panel to that. I honestly wouldn't want to mess with all that myself. Ill pm you alittle later.
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