[strider3700]

I normally do everything myself but this involves changing the service to my house and replacing a power pole which is outside of my not killing myself abilities, so I called an electrician for a quote.

I have put a new pole in and dug the trench needed. I want the following done

Pull the permit,
install a new point of attachment on the pole
install a new 125 amp service on the pole
install a new underground cable from the pole to the home (35 roughly)
replace the 100 amp breaker with a 125 amp breaker(the panel is fine for this)

I was quoted $1654 + taxes.
Now Permit is about $100-$200 here
I'm told the electricians are $90/hour around here.

The quote seems high to me but I'm wondering what others think?
I'm getting a second quote just to see if thats close

[smallpoxgirl]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('strider3700', 'T')he quote seems high to me but I'm wondering what others think?

[rwwff]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('strider3700', '
')I was quoted $1654 + taxes.
Now Permit is about $100-$200 here
I'm told the electricians are $90/hour around here.

The quote seems high to me but I'm wondering what others think?
I'm getting a second quote just to see if thats close

[strider3700]

I've got a second quote coming. I didn't go to the 200 amp service because it requires a whole new panel not just a breaker and I don't have space in the current location to fit the larger 200 amp panels.

I've thought about the transfer switch but instead of going that way I'm sticking with a small second circuit that is completely seperate for my alternative setup in this house. It's cheaper and easy to move with me should I decide this isn't the house with me.

[Dreamtwister]

I just ran it by my father in-law and he says that figure is about right.

Depending on where you live, you may be able to do some (perhaps all) of the work yourself and just have a certified electrician inspect it. It might save you a few bucks, but really, would you want to risk it unless you were ABSOLUTELY SURE you knew what you were doing?

[Doly]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Dreamtwister', 'I')t might save you a few bucks, but really, would you want to risk it unless you were ABSOLUTELY SURE you knew what you were doing?

[Dreamtwister]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Doly', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Dreamtwister', 'I')t might save you a few bucks, but really, would you want to risk it unless you were ABSOLUTELY SURE you knew what you were doing?

[Pops]

A similar deal here in MO cost around $1,000 for a new pole, service drop, 200A service and pulling underground to 2 sub panels each about 40ft away – but that’s out here in the sticks – we don’t even have permits.

Perhaps you could mount the panel, lay the conduit to the house and even pull the wire yourself? Not a big deal since there really isn’t much to goof up and you can’t get hurt if there is no power - you might save a couple hundred bucks doing the grunt work and letting the electrician make the connections?

You can lay out your wire and slide each section of PVC on individually if you want – I ran 300+ feet of 3/0 (or 4/0, I can’t remember) to 3 different buildings that way. 35ft of whatever size you need should pull fairly easy.

Just a couple ideas, but if you have any doubts better to be safe!

[strider3700]

I've thought about doing it myself however the big issue I run into is even if it's inspected and passed If I go to sell the house within the next 10 years I need to do a crap load of paper work because I did the work myself and it needs to be covered against defects and so on...

I'm not comfortable around this much power but I'm confident I could do the job without killing myself. The big issue is on the downtime between the power company pulling the old service and then hooking the new one up. They won't want to sit around for half a day while I get everything figured out and ready but the electrician should be capable of handling it fast enough to keep them happy.

Smallpoxgirl, After getting this quote I was thinking I should have become an electrician as well, I actually turned down a job that would have payed me as I took my apprenticeship to take this one doing something I've done before and am good at. Looking back on it I made the wrong choice. Always take the job that will train you in more diverse skills.

[Pops]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('strider3700', ' ')I'm not comfortable around this much power

[Dreamtwister]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('strider3700', 'I') actually turned down a job that would have payed me as I took my apprenticeship to take this one doing something I've done before and am good at. Looking back on it I made the wrong choice. Always take the job that will train you in more diverse skills.

[sparky1]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('smallpoxgirl', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('strider3700', 'T')he quote seems high to me but I'm wondering what others think?

[NEOPO]

I think that quote is about right.

Better then the $2000 I was quoted for the same work.
Yeah what Sparky said