Mpatterson
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- Three lakes Wisconsin
- Occupation
- Master electrician
What would be a average quote for a 2500 square foot new home with a 400 amp single phase 42 places square D panel in northern Wisconsin
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NuTech.svcs
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- Salmon, ID
- Occupation
- Contractor, appliance repair
42 places to do what, and why 400Amps? is this a multifamily unit? are they running a data center out of the home? pool? outbuildings with power equipment? there is a lot of missing information. are you a licensed contractor?
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herding_cats
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- Kansas
- Occupation
- Mechanical Engineer
I have 2 EV chargers and heated/cooled pool on a 200A service. Gas heat and hot water. 2500 SQFT.
NuTech.svcs
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- Salmon, ID
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- Contractor, appliance repair
now THAT makes sense. the way the OP wording flows...or doesn't, lack of essential load information relevant to the OP question, and parroting in bits and disjointed pieces, tells me this might have been an AI fishing expedition....loming at the latest post, has me pretty well convinced this is the caae, and we will liikely see portions of the responses given here posted as an AI regurgitated answer to someone googling the same question, sometime in the near future.
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Mpatterson
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- Three lakes Wisconsin
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- Master electrician
Thank you for your response
This new home comings with a three car garage
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- New Jersey
- Occupation
- Journeyman Electrician (retired)
The OP is none of these things. It's a simple question. Let's leave the AI filtering to the moderators. If there is a doubt as to the who is starting a thread hit the Report tab.
Mpatterson
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- Location
- Three lakes Wisconsin
- Occupation
- Master electrician
Is there an electrical bidding program any of you guys use that does a cost per opening or goes with the square feet of this single family home. Yes I have my electrical contractor license and I am a master electrician. Mostly work commercial and industrial over the last 40 years but I am retired now and helping younger electricians with permits and bidding.
Always did a little residential but so many prices have changed so much.
Seven-Delta-FortyOne
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- Location
- Humboldt
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- EC and GC
In my opinion, using a cost per opening is fine, as long as you have the data to generate it, meaning you’ve done many many similar projects before, and have been able to reverse engineer a cost per opening.
I highly discourage using other people’s numbers to run your business. It’s a recipe for failure, and one of the reasons so many small businesses go under; They don’t want to take the time to figure their own materials costs, direct job costs, overhead, labor, and profit goals, and bid what will keep them in business year after year.
Also, I’m in California, for example, so last couple residential jobs I bid I’m over $200/per opening, which probably seems insane to most here, and me as well. But operating in California requires you to gross $100 for every nickel you want to keep. Slight exaggeration, but you get the point.
I’m sure it’s very different in Wisconsin, so I don’t know how helpful numbers from across the country will be for you.
Also, what special items are there? ESS, solar, multiple EV chargers, outbuildings, well pump, pumped septic, generator? All those things will throw any formula numbers way off.
Your best bet, especially if this is your first residential in awhile, is go through the entire project, item by item, and come up with a price. Especially if you are trying to teach younger guys, have them do it correctly, from the beginning, and set them up for success.
I highly discourage using other people’s numbers to run your business. It’s a recipe for failure, and one of the reasons so many small businesses go under; They don’t want to take the time to figure their own materials costs, direct job costs, overhead, labor, and profit goals, and bid what will keep them in business year after year.
Also, I’m in California, for example, so last couple residential jobs I bid I’m over $200/per opening, which probably seems insane to most here, and me as well. But operating in California requires you to gross $100 for every nickel you want to keep. Slight exaggeration, but you get the point.
I’m sure it’s very different in Wisconsin, so I don’t know how helpful numbers from across the country will be for you.
Also, what special items are there? ESS, solar, multiple EV chargers, outbuildings, well pump, pumped septic, generator? All those things will throw any formula numbers way off.
Your best bet, especially if this is your first residential in awhile, is go through the entire project, item by item, and come up with a price. Especially if you are trying to teach younger guys, have them do it correctly, from the beginning, and set them up for success.
herding_cats
Senior Member
- Location
- Kansas
- Occupation
- Mechanical Engineer
In residential around here, Kansas City metro it starts at $50 per opening, and then add service entrance.