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I just had mine replaced in addition the entire kitchen rewired. You did receive some good responses(some worthless,ah the price we pay). My entire job was around $2400(Denver area). All quotes I received varied, some dramatically. Materials seemed to be consistant but labor was different per contractor. Be wary of "book prices"(some ran 5 to 6 thousand just for the box) and handy man services. You might get burned(no pun intended). It shouldn't cost for in person quotes. Good luck!!
It cost us 1500 back in 97'
No clue what the going rate is today in your area. Perhaps you should try those sites that offer opinions on the work done by contractors in your area, i.e. Angies list....that would allow you to comparison shop, as well as find a decent honest electrical contractor.
One thing that I learned recently when hiring someone for construction repairs was to check my State's home page and verify their license...that saved me from hiring an unlicensed contractor.
Another thing that is helpful is to ask neighbors and friends.
We're in NJ and prices are probably higher than some other areas. We got 1 quote so far for $2,800 and seems a little high so getting another quote tomorrow.
Did he detail out what that quote included? Straight panel swap? Or does some wiring need to be upgraded? Doesn't look like you have a whole lot of circuits as well. That's a pretty sparse panel.
When my electrician was doing them for Insurance reasons... insurance no longer wanted homes with fuses... the typical cost with permit was $1200 to $1800 for a new panel 100 amp panel and transferring the 4 circuits.
When he retired I started doing them my self... cost of panel, breakers, ground rod, and permit averaged between $400 and $500.
It was actually enjoyable and I got to know the inspectors...
As an owner, I am allowed to pull a permit and since I was doing my own work... did not have to get into worker's comp.
The Utility runs the new drop at no charge once the permit is final.
I have never replaced a circuit breaker panel... only gone from fuses to circuit breakers.
No one here has A/C so a 100 amp panel is more than adequate... typically we have gas heat, gas hot water, gas dryer and gas cooking...
will they be putting in a grounding plate (do you have cable, dsl, telephone, ... cables) ?
do you have an electric stove ?
do you have an electric hot water heater ?
do you have a garbage disposal ?; how many ?; how powerful are they ?; would they require their own circuit breaker to not overload the rest of the kitchen appliances ?
do you have a sump pump ?; how many ?; how powerful are they ?; would they require their own circuit breaker to not overload the rest of the basement appliances ?
are there fees associated with securing a permit from your city, town, township, borough, village, county, hamlet, state, ... ? if so how much.
does your city, town, township, borough, village, county, hamlet, state, ... require inspection ?; if so, are there fees associated with having an inspector view the work ?; if so, how much ?
This is neat, but the price is about 40% low for our area. I wonder how it does for other areas?
Probably low for bid price but right on the money for T&M. I had electricians quote $1600 for work (new service panel and sub-panel for heat pump) which I felt was very high. I just picked the best electrical contractor in town and told them to come do it T&M. It cost me $800.
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