Fair price on hot tub wiring?

[chronical]

Mine will be ran from the box in my garage approximately 50 ft to my patio. What is a fair price for this?

[talisman]

I know we've been PMing, but I'll put this on here just for anyone else's benefit that is considering it. I've got an old house with a full panel, so mine is a little more complicated than just running the wire, but I've had estimates anywhere from $600 to $2800... Yes, two THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED dollars. I guess the guy wanted to take a trip to Europe this summer on just one job.

[ceyko]

I had one run the full length of a house on a (I think) 50 amp breaker (provided by me). It was 750. This was 8 years ago as well though.

I've learned electrical ain't cheap and a lot of the costs are materials.

[jluv]

How hard could it be? Let's get some lamp cord and pliers and go to town!

[ceyko]

How hard could it be? Let's get some lamp cord and pliers and go to town!

haha, thanks for the laugh.

[chronical]

Jesus Christ at the $2800 bid. That includes the arc reactor too?

[yellowstang]

Just get a long cord and unplug the drier, plug in the HT. How often will you be using both at the same time???
BAM, done, and costs about $15 in extra cord.

[ram57ta]

Jeezus christ is right....who the fuck did you call?

I did this EXACT job for my brother in law and sister a few months ago and charged them 250 + materials.

Is your HT a 240v or 120v? Is there room in your panel for either a 2 pole 240v breaker or a single pole breaker?
PM me and I'll give you a FAIR price.

[stangin4lyfe]

I know we've been PMing, but I'll put this on here just for anyone else's benefit that is considering it. I've got an old house with a full panel, so mine is a little more complicated than just running the wire, but I've had estimates anywhere from $600 to $2800... Yes, two THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED dollars. I guess the guy wanted to take a trip to Europe this summer on just one job.

I too had the same thing done(installed a smaller panel, GFCI breaker, ran new line about 30ft, etc) to my hot tub and spent right around $500 total.
This was for a 240V hot tub.

[talisman]

Jeezus christ is right....who the fuck did you call?

I did this EXACT job for my brother in law and sister a few months ago and charged them 250 + materials.

Is your HT a 240v or 120v? Is there room in your panel for either a 2 pole 240v breaker or a single pole breaker?
PM me and I'll give you a FAIR price.

Here's what I've got:

https://recdirectfactoryoutlets.com/spa_life.php?id=6

From the guys I've talked to, a breaker needs to be "bridged?" and/or have a secondary box added. I'm not great with electrical terminology. I've got a guy that was supposed to be here at 8 this morning. Still waiting... Second guy I've had no show, so if this is something you do and want to make some money, LMK.

[KBScobravert]

Here's what I've got:

https://recdirectfactoryoutlets.com/spa_life.php?id=6

From the guys I've talked to, a breaker needs to be "bridged?" and/or have a secondary box added. I'm not great with electrical terminology. I've got a guy that was supposed to be here at 8 this morning. Still waiting... Second guy I've had no show, so if this is something you do and want to make some money, LMK.

I know right. I need power ran to a shed 20' away and a simple box installed in there.

[ram57ta]

Guys PM me and lets discuss.....yes I can do it (both the HT and the shed) although the shed is a bit more difficult because a trench has to be dug.

[talisman]

Well, the guy showed up finally and is working on it now. I hope this is the last time my house needs any serious electrical work. Glad I have a reliable contractor for almost anything else. I've been trying to get this thing hooked up so I can help my back out for about three weeks and it's been annoying as hell dealing with flakes.

[ram57ta]

Well, the guy showed up finally and is working on it now. I hope this is the last time my house needs any serious electrical work. Glad I have a reliable contractor for almost anything else. I've been trying to get this thing hooked up so I can help my back out for about three weeks and it's been annoying as hell dealing with flakes.

Wish Id known. It really is a pretty straightforward job.

[yellowstang]

Guys PM me and lets discuss.....yes I can do it (both the HT and the shed) although the shed is a bit more difficult because a trench has to be dug.

Could you run it over head, and attach it to a pole, or one of those ceramic wire holder things? Like this type.