The holidays are always a bit busy, and this year, with the storm damage, work was backing up, a few weeks ago, a neighbor asked to have a transfer switch installed, so I stopped by to take a look, he had 100A Service in great shape, the meter pan could use a new socket, but other then that the service lateral was No2 thhn cooper good to 130 amps, more load then his home would require, he not no plans to add and large loads, just hook up a transfer switch, so I went back to the shop and looked for a good deal on a transfer kit with a cable, and found one for 279 at a vendor 30 miles south of our shop, so i headed down there to pick up the kit at that bargin price, because he was concerned with the 359 cost of one at a local box store, I had the transfer kit in the truck ready to install, and let him know, he need not worry I had the switch and was finishing up some storm work, but if he lost power, I woud be over right away and hook up the switch, well after finally catching up on our storm work, people without power, I was ready to install his switch, and that evening noticed his wife working on the christmas lights, so i said I could install the switch, and she replied, We have someone else to do it, so that is fine, but what was not good, was the person they found sold him a 200A service, that he did not need, so live and learn, i have helped the neighbors with small jobs over the years and got plenty of thank yous and coffee, but this year I think I learned the meaning of Bag Humbug, there are contractors out there, that that will sell more then needed, but it is more the customers fault for demanding both cheap price and fast response, you can't have both, pick one or the other, so if there are holiday requests from neighbors for help, it may be best to just say Bah Humbug.My price for the job, would have been a cup of coffee.
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