Service upgrade cost?

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I knew Marc would be the one to remind me that nothing is average in this trade!It is a good point Marc. There are so many "variables" to this install.electric guy, I am like you!,would there even be a profit on a $900 -200A panel upgrade?
 
ItsHot said:
...would there even be a profit on a $900 -200A panel upgrade?
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That's the price from the side jobber or the factory electrician working weekends as an electrician. No reason to expect a person would get a bad job for that price, but there's certainly no profit in it for a full-time guy.

The exact same job that I can charge $2000 for here and make X percent profit could easily cost $4000 for the exact same work and same profit margin just 75 miles to my south. Totally different local economies.
 
mdshunk said:
The exact same job that I can charge $2000 for here and make X percent profit could easily cost $4000 for the exact same work and same profit margin just 75 miles to my south. Totally different local economies.
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Have you been keeping track of my prices? I'm not actually at 4K for a resi service yet, but I'll let you know when I hit that mark.:smile:
 
Have a service upgrade coming up in the next few days on a renovation job we are doing. On this one the service will have to be dropped by the POCO, then we have to remove the old service, wait for carpenters to rip out old wood and put on OSB and then we can mount the new service in the exact same place (goes through the overhang on the roof). Get a service inspection, then have POCO come out and hook up to the new one. All we have so far is the conduit coming from the new panel run in the crawlspace and stubbed out of the wall with an LB.

I'm glad this is a T&M one since I we have no idea how long it will take the POCO, carpenters and inspector. We're hoping to get this all done in half-a-day with two men. How would you like all those variables? :D

To the OP: There's a lot more variables in play than just what material the service is going to require. Is it going to a new panel? Is the conduit run going to have to be replaced/installed from new service to panel? Does the POCO allow you to do the drop? I know I've waited for four hours on the inspector to come out and yes called a few days beforehand and set it up.

Good luck.
 
I can do most 200A upgrades with 2 men 8 hours material cost are usually around $600.00 16 x 30.00= 480.00 + 600.00 = 1080.00 then add profit and overhead
 
Rewire said:
I can do most 200A upgrades with 2 men 8 hours material cost are usually around $600.00 16 x 30.00= 480.00 + 600.00 = 1080.00 then add profit and overhead
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Is that $30 the amount the two men are paid on the check, or is that the figure you use once you have figured in direct labor costs above what you pay them? Either you have low labor costs in your neck of the woods, or you are not charging properly for labor, unless you put direct costs into the overhead catagory.
 
macmikeman said:
Is that $30 the amount the two men are paid on the check, or is that the figure you use once you have figured in direct labor costs above what you pay them? Either you have low labor costs in your neck of the woods, or you are not charging properly for labor, unless you put direct costs into the overhead catagory.
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this is on the check = my cost ,SS,Work comp,unemployment.We do have low labor cost residential scale is 15.00/hr
 
electricguy61 said:
I know this is off the original post, but can anybody live on that? How long do you keep employees? I would think they would bolt if offered another dollar.
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The thing is who is going to offer the extra dollar most pay as low as 10-12 dollars we have a lower cost of living here and the median income for the state is around 35,000.00 /year.You can buy a nice 2000sqft home for under 100,000.00.
 
The last GC I worked for in my area, we did overhead 200A service changes for around $1900.

We used Eyelander panels which is a 200A 42 space CH meter/loadcenter with a built in MTS (toggles the MCB with a CH230 or 250 breaker w/ lock out mech.) In our area power outages are common, so we upsold this product every time. The panel is equipped with a WP flanged inlet at the bottom of the panel for portable generator cords. Wholesale price: $690-750)
 
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Here in Los Angeles we don't use SER, we run 2" rigid up through the roof.
A competitive price for a 200 Amp service going into the same spot as the old would be $1500 and this is for a 1 story house. Typical L.A. price is $1800 - $2000.

For 2 story houses, surface mount, $2500 is about average.
 
Im in NJ . The last upgrade I did from 100 to 200 with rigid mast and outside disconnect was $3200. About 60 ft of SER thru a crawl. Square D QO disconnect and panel.
 
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Fire Alarm said:
Here in Los Angeles we don't use SER, we run 2" rigid up through the roof.
A competitive price for a 200 Amp service going into the same spot as the old would be $1500 and this is for a 1 story house. Typical L.A. price is $1800 - $2000.

For 2 story houses, surface mount, $2500 is about average.
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Just curious, what is the difference between competitive price and typical price? I thought the price of living was pretty expensive in LA. How long has whoever came up with that price of $1500 been in business?
 
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