Screw Less Plates Labor

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There was a thread asking this that I found from 2015, but the labor part wasn't answered. I don't have screw less plates in my program or in the 2018 NECA. NECA shows 10 hours per 100 for single gang plates, I know NECA is a little high but I always use them for CO's. Any thoughts on labor per 100 for screw less single gang plates?
 
LarryFine said:
I certainly wouldn't charge any less. You still have to screw on the inner plate.
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That's no question. You should add the three seconds it takes to push the outer plate on. And the three seconds it takes to remove the outer plate so you can install the inner plate. So 600 seconds extra per 100 plates. So 10 minutes per 100 plates. An extra hour of labor for 600 plates.
 
kyleapec said:
There was a thread asking this that I found from 2015, but the labor part wasn't answered. I don't have screw less plates in my program or in the 2018 NECA. NECA shows 10 hours per 100 for single gang plates, I know NECA is a little high but I always use them for CO's. Any thoughts on labor per 100 for screw less single gang plates?
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I'm not familiar with NECA. Are you telling me they estimate 6 minutes per single single gang plate?! Is that including installing the device too?

Rob
 
.20 man/hrs for receptacle
.05 for plate

don't change anything. You still have to purchase, stock, unwrap, install and fidget to make it fit right
 
marmathsen said:
I'm not familiar with NECA. Are you telling me they estimate 6 minutes per single single gang plate?! Is that including installing the device too?

Rob
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NECA is the National Electrical Contractors Association and they publish an annual MLU (Manual of Labor Units). It is a little high but they are awesome when you have to argue about change order prices, you can point to the MLU and tell them to go argue with them. It is also awesome for getting a ballpark labor on new things that you haven't done, I used it the other day for a switchboard heater installation CO.
 
kyleapec said:
NECA is the National Electrical Contractors Association and they publish an annual MLU (Manual of Labor Units). It is a little high but they are awesome when you have to argue about change order prices, you can point to the MLU and tell them to go argue with them. It is also awesome for getting a ballpark labor on new things that you haven't done, I used it the other day for a switchboard heater installation CO.
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Where do you get one of those manuals?
 
If your union and join NECA there books are much cheaper. Only reason I might go Union :)

NECA Manual of Labor Units (MLU), 2019-2020 Edition (4090-19)

An estimate is only as good as the information it is based on, and the NECA Manual of Labor Units (MLU) has been the estimating resource of choice for electrical contractors since 1923. The MLU provides an experience-based reference for estimating the electrical construction labor required to...
www.necanet.org www.necanet.org

They have some great Literature on any subject you can think of.
 
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