any electricians?

[fixius03]

what is the going rate to have an electrician hook up 220v in a garage that has the breaker box right in the garage. outlet is for a welder and only needs to be like a foot from the breaker box. i am in afghanistan and will be coming home on midtour and would rather just come home and "plug n play" rather then mess with it myself...my time is precious. any input would be much apreciated.

[Bronken]

I would say about $125

[bronco23]

I would say about $125


are you fucking serious?

i bought $280 worth (about 100 ft) of 6/3 wire alone....

[fixius03]

wow thats expensive. prolly cheaper to just do it myself. i know 6/3 wire is expensive thats why i only wanted to put the outlet right next to the breaker box save on wire. my box is in a decent spot. guess ill try and price out materials first thanx

[chad3]

I'm not sure who you know, but I installed a sub box in my garage and told the electrictian what I wanted to do and he "helped" me put it in for free. It took all of about 10 minutes to wire both the outlets that I wanted. If you have the stuff, I can't imagine it being expensive, if nothing else, have someone at home pick the stuff up and the electrictrician will take about 10 minutes.
Have someone pick up:
Wire plus about 2 feet
Outlet box and outlet (s)
Breakers (know the box namebrand)
Good luck and hope you get to play as soon as you are home.
Chad

[82toycrawler]

How about you post what city & state you are in and maybe some pirate member nearby can take care of it for you.

[fixius03]

How about you post what city & state you are in and maybe some pirate member nearby can take care of it for you.

oak grove, ky....right across the street from ft campbell. anyone close by?

[Ronzo]

wow thats expensive. prolly cheaper to just do it myself. i know 6/3 wire is expensive thats why i only wanted to put the outlet right next to the breaker box save on wire. my box is in a decent spot. guess ill try and price out materials first thanx

Just wait at the metal recycler for a tweaker to bring a spool in.

[Nordic1]

I was going to hire an electrition to wire my 220v for me. I read a few DIYer books and ended up doing it myself. 220v really isn't that hard and moderately safe if you learn how to do it correctly

[fj40charles]

This is about the easiest 220v receptacle install sceneario. You should do it youself. The cost of materials (breaker, wire, box, receptacle, and cover) should be less than $50.00 if you have a brand name panel.

[fixius03]

yea i will prolly just end up doin it myself. appreciate all the input thanx

[JeepinDoug]

I was going to hire an electrition to wire my 220v for me. I read a few DIYer books and ended up doing it myself. 220v really isn't that hard and moderately safe if you learn how to do it correctly

Any book you could rec'd? I'd like to run a sub panel with two 220v and two 110v. I'd like to know wire sizes relative to length of pull, 100amps for 50' or so.

[Bronken]

are you fucking serious?

i bought $280 worth (about 100 ft) of 6/3 wire alone....

Yes, I'm serious. He asked what the going rate is for a electrician to do the work. I'm a licensed contractor in Ca. and thats what I would bid that outlet at. If he lived close by I would do it for cheaper and give the PBB discount. I have done it before for someone here who had other contractors who could not fix his problem and I took care of him for cheap. :flipoff2:

[EMG7895]

The little electricians reference book thats yellow is pretty good, I cant remember the name but any supply house would have it. Has all of the wire tables and code requirements and other usefull references.

[JeepinDoug]

Yes, I'm serious. He asked what the going rate is for a electrician to do the work. I'm a licensed contractor in Ca. and thats what I would bid that outlet at. If he lived close by I would do it for cheaper and give the PBB discount. I have done it before for someone here who had other contractors who could not fix his problem and I took care of him for cheap. :flipoff2:

Do you want to quote a job up in South San Francisco? Close to SFO airport.

[cnielsen4130]

The little electricians reference book thats yellow is pretty good, I cant remember the name but any supply house would have it. Has all of the wire tables and code requirements and other usefull references.

the book is called "uglys electricical refrences" and its a great book, but not for explaining how to do the work, just a quick refrence book to do the work correctly, (wire sizes, conduit fills, motor loads, etc etc.

i am an electrician, its a very basic install for any electrician, wire is insanly expensive because of rising copper prices, im talking 40% in the past month or so. you just want a plug to feed a welder? its not even 1 hours worth of work, very minimal material, the quote stated before is acurate (he said 5 feet from the panel!) pay someone to do it, your in afaganastan i can understand why you just want to come home and play, its not worth your trouble for such a small job. that means more time welding!

[Bronken]

Do you want to quote a job up in South San Francisco? Close to SFO airport.

I normally do not work that far north BUT I'm doing a job in Brisbane for a good friend of mine on next Saturday 6/3, shoot me your number and I will call you.
Ken

[Gummi Bear]

Copper is at an all time high. Over $4 a pound. This is near 3 times what it was this time last year.

If you're not comfortable with electricity, pay a licensed electrician to do the work for you. Safety is cheap at any price.

Learning to do electrical work out of a book is sketchy at best, not to mention absolutely horrifying for someone that spends their day doing this. Most of these books are poorly written, with crummy pictures, and even worse explanations.

I get a bunch of sidework from folks that start a project on their own and I have to come in and finish it (humorous sidenote: it's usually their concerned spouse that calls me :laughing: )

You're not going to fill your own cavities, or perform surgery on yourself, same kind of deal with electricity. Pay a qualified professional and feel secure in your investment.

[Bronken]

I usually get the call after they have shocked themselves and then they are convinced not to fawk with electricity.

[JeepinDoug]

I normally do not work that far north BUT I'm doing a job in Brisbane for a good friend of mine on next Saturday 6/3, shoot me your number and I will call you.
Ken

Ken, Thanks for considering it. I'll be gone that day, all day at a Cruiser get-together. Let me know if you find other days you'll be up this way, Brisbane is a neighboring town.