td1236
Member
- Location
- California
- Occupation
- Electrician
What is a good price range to be at for a service upgrade with an underground feed, to 200 amps. The trench is already dug and I have to run about 30' of 3 inch conduit. Location is Bay Area
Bay Area 200 amp upgrade
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rambojoe
Senior Member
- Location
- phoenix az
- Occupation
- Wireman
I think a good price is around $100 per amp.
LarryFine
Master Electrician Electric Contractor Richmond VA
- Location
- Henrico County, VA
- Occupation
- Electrical Contractor
1. How long will it take you, all inclusive, from permit to final inspection?
2. How much will materials, hired labor, rental equipment, etc., cost you?
2. How much will materials, hired labor, rental equipment, etc., cost you?
jaggedben
Senior Member
- Location
- Northern California
- Occupation
- Solar and Energy Storage Installer
About $10,000 if the panel swap itself is on the easy side.
Some people charge that for single story overhead, but that strikes me as gouging.
Some people charge that for single story overhead, but that strikes me as gouging.
acin
Senior Member
- Location
- pacific grove california
- Occupation
- general building contractor est.1984 . C 10 elec. lic.as of 8 / 7/ 2020
And you have to deal with PG&E for a disconnect
zbang
Senior Member
- Location
- Roughly 5346 miles from Earls Court
Except if you're in one of the muni utilities (Santa Clara, Palo Alto, Alameda, Sacramento, might be a couple more).
If it is underground expect LOOOOONNNNGGG delay fron POCO (PG&E)
ETA: Along with the delay you get to deal with some incompetent individuals.
Only you can come up with a profitable price that includes ALL of your expenses, what warranty you offer, your labor, your profit.
ETA: Along with the delay you get to deal with some incompetent individuals.
Only you can come up with a profitable price that includes ALL of your expenses, what warranty you offer, your labor, your profit.
Ricko1980
Member
- Location
- San Francisco
- Occupation
- Electrical Contractor
When we quote a firm cost, prices start at about $5500 for overhead and about $18500 for underground (we're GCs also and this includes trenching and concrete sidewalk repair), if things are straightforward. This is mostly due to the total pain in the butt that is PG&E, and having to leave some margin of error in the price for unexpected PG&E complexities. Expect the paperwork to suck up the hours, fill out the same form twice, email a rep who then quits and is replaced by another rep who's just learning how to do the job... One project during the pandemic took 2 years for PG&E to upgrade their local transformer, so you're just waiting around, having already spent the money on the materials and gotten the green tag from the city.
Without trenching and concrete work I bet it would end up being about $12000, if it's not an inconvenient route to the box in the sidewalk. Sometimes PG&E requires that you go out the bottom of the box and you end up working in a trench 6' deep.
Without trenching and concrete work I bet it would end up being about $12000, if it's not an inconvenient route to the box in the sidewalk. Sometimes PG&E requires that you go out the bottom of the box and you end up working in a trench 6' deep.