Avg price of 15 and or 20 installed
#1
03-10-03, 08:58 AM
Avg price of 15 and or 20 installed
Hi,
I'm from NJ and was wondering what a typical price of having a 15amp and a 20amp tandem breaker installed would be. It is being installed in a basement with no obstructions (sheetrock, etc..)
Thanks
Joe
I'm from NJ and was wondering what a typical price of having a 15amp and a 20amp tandem breaker installed would be. It is being installed in a basement with no obstructions (sheetrock, etc..)
Thanks
Joe
#4
03-10-03, 10:18 AM
Now is as good as time as any to learn. Do you have a wiring book? Get a good flashlight and rig it up so its easy to work. Turn off the main, snap the old breaker out and install the new one. Some panels have special places for them, mostly near the bottom, some doesnt matter. Install it like the others. Maybe you can find a bud to help that has done it before.
#6
03-10-03, 11:04 AM
As long as you have the main turned off, and you're careful, and you read about it, you really shouldn't have any trouble. But if you are scared, don't do it, get an electrician, pay him/her 50+ dollars an hour, and I'm sure any electrician would be more than happy to take your money.
#7
03-10-03, 11:49 AM
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You are correct to be cautions. Installing a breaker is no more difficult than installing a receptacle. But it is more dangerous. There have been quite a number of posters here who seem to know very little about electicity who have replaced their own breakers and lived (which scares the hell out of me).
#8
03-10-03, 03:49 PM
Installing 4 breakers is about a 15minute job. It should be just a basic 1/2hr service call charge. Call and ask some local electrcians for a rate. Don't base their quotes on 15 minutes. It also takes them time drive to and from your house that they still pay their employees.
#9
03-12-03, 12:07 PM
I'm assuming the electrician will have to connect your wiring into the panel as well. Even with that, the standard one-hour service call should take of it. Is the panel your main service panel or a subpanel? If it's a subpanel, you can turn off the breaker in the main panel that feeds the subpanel and work in complete safety (as long as someone doesn't turn the breaker back on as you are working) provided you have enough light (lantern) to do the job. All you will need other than the breakers are a couple of 1/2" (3/8" trade size - fit into a 1/2" knockout) romex connectors.
#10
03-12-03, 04:04 PM
John Nelson wrote
There have been quite a number of posters here who seem to know very little about electicity who have replaced their own breakers and lived (which scares the hell out of me).
There have been quite a number of posters here who seem to know very little about electicity who have replaced their own breakers and lived (which scares the hell out of me).
You should have seen her eyes when she realized I was serious!
Fortunately for me (and unfortunately for those of you who are reading this), I lived through it without the screwdrvier slipping off the screw.
