I guess I was high

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Moral of the story..... Service Magic sucks. It took me about $600 worth of bunk price shopper leads before I finally landed one job worth a couple hundred bucks. Not to mention all the wasted time doing estimates for spur of the moment online deuchebags who were only looking to pick your brain so they could just do it themselves.
 
I'm more than happy to just install receptacles wherever the lighting designers want them. Personally, I don't like LV lighting that much, especially outdoors. Too much maintenance.
 
bradleyelectric said:
Get yourself a nice Malibu cheap enough your sure to get the job and you get the added benefit of being able to make $65/yr replacing it every season until the HO gives up. With any luck the HO supplied lights will be nice Malibu units that will need the sockets fooled with on a regular basis. That there is some good service work waiting to happen.
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Just got a bid approved to do a similar job for 500 bucks. HO wants Malibu lights. Have no experience with them. Is there a better product out there. Would rather wire new houses for these folks than hit hit them for a 100 bucks a year fixing land scape lights.:smile:
 
electricguy said:
I have never installed landscaping lighting. Is the cable that is used suitable for direct burial and how deep. is there water proof splices involved also.
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they make special "ice proof" equipment for you guys:D
 
iaov said:
Just got a bid approved to do a similar job for 500 bucks. HO wants Malibu lights. Have no experience with them. Is there a better product out there. Would rather wire new houses for these folks than hit hit them for a 100 bucks a year fixing land scape lights.:smile:
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Progress is decent. There are many others, but you have to pay a good amount more for progress than malibu, and progress are cheap.
 
bradleyelectric said:
Progress is decent. There are many others, but you have to pay a good amount more for progress than malibu, and progress are cheap.
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I was just thinking some of the up scale landscape lights can cost close to $500 each fixture. I can't imagine making any kind of money installing box store sets.
 
I'm done doing landscape lighting. The HOs always go with the landscapers anyway. There's a landscaper in my area that advertises a 10 year warranty on his lights and installation. I don't know the particulars, and I'm sure there's a catch, but it's enough to get him the job.

The last call I went on to give an estimate for landscape lighting the woman told me " oh yeah, I need you to put in a sprinkler system too."

Sorry. I don't do that.
 
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