buying electric stuff in bulk (outlets, switches, etc)

About to do this also. Was curious of the same thing. I know at Lowe’s if you buy over certain amount you’ll get a small discount. It’s normally marked on the price tag on the shelf.

If your fast, but not a pro you can change one in about 10 minutes.

109 outlets would take about 18 solid hours of work. I'd say about 3 days with breaks and stuff.

Up to you.

I believe you can buy in bulk from home depot, but I would check amazon too.

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how long did it take you? im about to pay an hourly electrician about $400 to get the job done

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I'd say it took a solid 10 hours over the course of 2 days. you definitely get faster as you go.. $400 doesnt sound too bad lol

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If your fast, but not a pro you can change one in about 10 minutes.

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If once you open it up, everything is as it should be. I once went to change a switch and got all black wires. We used white out to mark what should have been a white wire.

Could be old, or that almond color. If you’re at the point where you have to replace a certain percentage of them, you might as well do them all

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need to replace all outlets and switches in a house. close to 30 receptacles and what seems like a thousand 3 way light switches. is home depot the best bet or is their some cheap alternative on the interwebs for this stuff?

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i love the leviton paddles from home depot; very inexpensive. i've replaced a billion.

lowes has backlit paddles for not much more than the levitons from home depot and i added a couple of those in dark areas.

for outlets i opted for 15A style because i liked the looks better and *definitely* go with the oversized UNBREAKABLE faceplates because i found very quickly many of my existing outlets had shitty cutouts and i could not line the new plates up perfectly and the oversized plates worked every time.

for a cleaner look i paid a couple bucks for the no-screw-showing plates for the lights (not the outlets) and i'm very pleased.

home depot sells the 10 packs of the basic outlets and switches

pretty sure they have 10 packs of the 3 way switches too, just check the website to be sure

the GFI are where you gonna get hurt in the wallet, those things are like $12 each if i remember correctly, maybe more

i would avoid the interwebs, you most likely will end up getting cheap garbage from china that breaks when you plug something into it

PS - why do you need 20a outlets? those are used just for appliances, everything else in the house gets 15a and to be honest the breaker supplying those outlets is most likely just a 15a. i mean bigger is always better but even a space heater wont be puling more ten 8-10 amps max

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Trying to figure it out, what reason would you need to change all the outlets and not wiring?

Flood?

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Bought a new house and the wife wanted the Decora paddle style and matching outlets...

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i’m gonna ask the guy why so many 20a outlets

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check the breaker and see what's there



one of these is worth the small price