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Electrician Estimate Question - Help with a list of jobs
Posted on 7/1/20 at 3:47 pm
Posted on 7/1/20 at 3:47 pm
I had an inspection completed about a week ago and it went well: no major issues. Lots of individual small issues though.
There are 6 junction boxes that need to be installed. 7 outlets that need to be ground force protected. 1 outdoor outlet that isn’t working at all. And 1 old electric meter that still has live power running to it. It’s completed exposed with no cover or box.
How much do you think it would cost to have all of that work done?
There are 6 junction boxes that need to be installed. 7 outlets that need to be ground force protected. 1 outdoor outlet that isn’t working at all. And 1 old electric meter that still has live power running to it. It’s completed exposed with no cover or box.
How much do you think it would cost to have all of that work done?
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Posted on 7/1/20 at 4:02 pm to StringedInstruments
Junction boxes in attic? Maybe a day of work
Ground fault can be fixed in the breaker panel.
Fix outlet not working, probably not that big of a deal.
Not understanding “old meter with power tuning to it”, do you get a bill for it?
One to two days of work at what, $75/h?
Ground fault can be fixed in the breaker panel.
Fix outlet not working, probably not that big of a deal.
Not understanding “old meter with power tuning to it”, do you get a bill for it?
One to two days of work at what, $75/h?
Posted on 7/1/20 at 4:18 pm to Coon
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Not understanding “old meter with power tuning to it”, do you get a bill for it?
There are two meters on the side of the house. One is new and used. The other is busted open and exposed. He put his handy dandy device up to it and said it was live. Said in 20 years he’s never seen anything like it and warned that if anyone touched the exposed components they’d get hurt.
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Junction boxes in attic? Maybe a day of work
Ground fault can be fixed in the breaker panel.
Boxes are needed in garage and crawlspace.
He said the outlets weren’t wired for grounded plugs even though there were holes for them.
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One to two days of work at what, $75/h?
So you think I’d be okay writing $1000 on my spreadsheet of estimates?
Posted on 7/1/20 at 4:21 pm to StringedInstruments
really depends on the situation. None of this shite needs to be done to get a mortgage or homeowner's policy. the outlets that need to be grounded have to be (1) rewired to the panel (which can cost nothing major to a fortune depending on accessibility and type of construction of the house) or (2) grounded to an exterior grounding rod buried 8' deep in the earth which involves drilling through your exterior. If you have no major appliances or expensive equipment on the ungrounded outlets I would just run a new circuit to anything you want to be on ground. Just make sure anything that isn't grounded has a proper two prong outlet- a lot of times they will still have 3 prong which is no good.
I should edit and say that these issues wont prevent you from getting a mortgage normally- if you or the buyer is going FHA or some govt subsidized loan there is a shitload of red tape. I would not accept an offer from a buyer if using this financing if you are the seller IMO.
I should edit and say that these issues wont prevent you from getting a mortgage normally- if you or the buyer is going FHA or some govt subsidized loan there is a shitload of red tape. I would not accept an offer from a buyer if using this financing if you are the seller IMO.
This post was edited on 7/1/20 at 4:23 pm
Posted on 7/1/20 at 4:35 pm to StringedInstruments
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He said the outlets weren’t wired for grounded plugs even though there were holes for them.
If I’m understanding this correctly you are saying that there is no ground wire in the box that would hook up to the ground terminal. If that is the case then all that wiring would have to be replaced with a two conductor with a ground
Posted on 7/1/20 at 6:27 pm to Miketheseventh
you dont need to replace all the wiring. you just need to designate the outlets as nongrounded
can also install gfci outlets at the start of the circuit
can also install gfci outlets at the start of the circuit
This post was edited on 7/1/20 at 6:28 pm
Posted on 7/1/20 at 8:03 pm to CE Tiger
two meter pans? RUN! If the house was a duplex at one time, yes. I would still run due to not only electrical problems, but case iron piping and lead paint.
Posted on 7/1/20 at 9:56 pm to StringedInstruments
I had a private home inspector (also an EE) tell me that if you ran a jumper from the ground screw to the neutral it would meet code for those 3 prong outlets since there was no ground wire. This was on a 70 year old house my son was looking at where the building codes are generally pretty rigid. Otherwise they would have to be replaced with 2 prong outlets. Since he didn't buy the house, I'm not sure it that would have passed inspection or not.
Posted on 7/1/20 at 11:58 pm to fishfighter
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two meter pans? RUN!
Why? Is it that big of a deal?
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