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Eletrician rate.. does this seem right?

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PiyoPika566
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Stephanie

Eletrician rate.. does this seem right?

ok, so we are in our new house now.. we knew the outlets in the house are corky, since the house is 55 yrs old... well.. FH is not too happy because the outlets doesnt support the use of his MANY computers... so we are in need of an electrician ASAP!

I called one local electrician, they quoted $115 for the first half an hour, $90 for each additional hour... does this sound right? What is the norm?

TIA!!

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Posted 12/28/05 12:13 PM
 
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Bebalina
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Re: Eletrician rate.. does this seem right?

what exactly needs to be changed? are they 2 prong and need a 3?

thats the issue i had in my house and its 50 yrs old... dh ended up getting a 123 wiring book and did it all himself. he said it was pretty simply just need patience

Posted 12/28/05 12:15 PM
 

DjPiLL

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Richard

Re: Eletrician rate.. does this seem right?

Replacing electrical outlets isn't too difficult. A good electrician should be able to do one every 10-15 minutes.

Posted 12/28/05 1:10 PM
 

KPsquared

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Re: Eletrician rate.. does this seem right?

Where are you located? I have a great electrician I use who charges much less and does great work.

Posted 12/28/05 1:36 PM
 

BabyBoy
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Tom

Re: Eletrician rate.. does this seem right?

it sounds like you got too much power for a breaker.. older houses may be wired funny ( example, my BIL house has different rooms not even near each other tied into 1 breaker, heck, even my co-op is wired odd) the lines may be old and need to be updated. to change an outlet is easy...

MY BIL actually had to change the fuse panel to fix his problem which took a couple of hours to change

Posted 12/28/05 1:37 PM
 
 

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