2 x 4 ft LED troffer retrofit labor pricing estimate ????

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Does anybody have a good guesstimate for 'Labor only' pricing of retrofitting troffer fixtures?

the job consists of approx 60 2x4 fixtures,,, remove 4 lamp T12 guts and installing a new 2 lamp LED kit, bypass ballast, with new reflector and new tombstones.
materials supplied and delivered by lighting contractor, old bulbs and ballast are my problem.(donate?? to small private school)

clean cool office building( pretty girls included)

most are easy to get to off a 6 ft ladder.

I have seen guesstimates from 10 mins to 30 mins ???

Thank you Dennis
 
Well, you have more than labor here: disposal costs of those bulbs is not a small amount of money; packing and shipping 240 4' bulbs. Some bulbs, like Philips ALTO, can be thrown right in the dumpster, even in CA. Recycling places or scrapyards may take the ballasts; you might even make a bit on the scrap.

Any furniture in your way? If not, I'd think 30 minutes per fixture (15 min ea x 2 men) would be about right. You're gonna need one person cleaning up/unpacking new lights/packing up old while one person wires, installs the new tombstones and bulbs. First one might take an hour, then you'll get faster from there. The reflectors might be a bit of a timesink, tho I'm not sure why a 4' LED bulb would need a reflector... I thought most bulbs were directional.
 
rt66electric said:
Does anybody have a good guesstimate for 'Labor only' pricing of retrofitting troffer fixtures?

the job consists of approx 60 2x4 fixtures,,, remove 4 lamp T12 guts and installing a new 2 lamp LED kit, bypass ballast, with new reflector and new tombstones.
materials supplied and delivered by lighting contractor, old bulbs and ballast are my problem.(donate?? to small private school)

clean cool office building( pretty girls included)

most are easy to get to off a 6 ft ladder.

I have seen guesstimates from 10 mins to 30 mins ???

Thank you Dennis
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lucky you, being in oklahoma.....

in california, retrofitting troffers can have unfortunate blowback.

if you refit, and the fixtures end up drawing over 60 watts each....
most small offices have two fixtures in them, if a lighting zone
has over 120 watts of connected load, it must have daylight harvesting.

so, sixty watts kicks most little offices over the edge. daylighting costs more
money, and causes grief.

someone refitted an entire floor, making three lamp fixtures into two lamp
T-8 fixtures.... that when measured, drew 63 watts each... the whole floor
had to have daylight harvesting in these little offices. and i'll bet the daylighting
cost more than putting in LED fixtures....

sometimes things don't turn out well in calif.
 
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