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ELECTRICAL SERVICE UPGRADES TO 100 OR 200 AMPERES - Free Estimates - 981 2315
Currently insurances are
sending notices, at random, to existing home owners and to
recent home purchasers to change their 30 or 50 or 60 or even the 70
amperes existing electrical service to 100 amperes minimum within 1
to 3 months time limit! Also, fuses or fuse panels are no longer accepted by the
insurances. They have to be replaced. We also get many calls from
customers who need service upgrades who decided on their own without
their insurance interference.
That is exactly the
type of work we mostly do every day of the year - and we keep the power on most of the time while doing ALL
work! Give us a call for a free estimate on upgrading
your electrical service and a quick free consultation
on the condition of your existing wiring
installation.
If wanting to know about REWIRING see my web page at:
http://www.actionelectric.ca/homerewiring.htm
For more efficient messaging,
please use both - the email and a tel. message.
Email: mdcorreia@shaw.ca
(Only for Aternate use: email: mcorreia259@gmail.com)
Tel. (204) 981 2315
(If I am driving or unable to answer, leave a message. I should be able to call you back in a few minutes.)
UPDATE: Nov. 30, 2009 - MB Hydro financing rates for your electrical upgrades etc.
have been reduced from 11% to 8.5 %!
UPDATE: Aug. 2010 - Most 100 amp service upgrades costs $1,900.00 + taxes, then the monthly payments on the Hydro bill will be: $ 43.35/mo. for 5 years.
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UPDATE: Nov. 30, 2009 - We may or may not be able to also do repairs and/or rewiring but may only do it at the same time as a service upgrade unless it is a major project. Let us know your plans. Include all work at the same time. Extra work decided when the service upgrade has already started will be done approx. 3 weeks later if possible and will cost more than if it is already included with the service upgrade package!
The cost of
having a residential electrical service upgraded to 100 amperes
depends on many factors, however, it usually never costs less than
$1,500.00 + taxes. For 200 amperes it will cost an approx. $400 to $700
more. EXACT PRICES may be quite less and are given on site or shortly after
viewing the work.
What does a service
upgrade mean and what is the result of upgrading the
service?
A service change will make it possible to add many
more circuits to the panel. It does nothing at all to improve the fact
that fuses blow or circuit breakers trip on overloads. If
you keep blowing fuses now, after the change over, with a new panel, exactly
the same thing will happen except it will be the new circuit breakers
tripping instead of the fuses blowing. It may even get worst if the fuses
which were there were over sized! In that case you may have circuit
breakers tripping when the fuses never blew before in about 30
years! Why can that happen if - response from some customers: "oh we
never had a fuse blown in 30 years!" " Why should it happen after a new
service and panel is installed?"
Because we will never
install a 20, 25 or 30 amp circuit breaker to replace an over sized fuse.
To
correct such occurrences additional wiring or wiring alterations in key areas of
your home or building may have to be done.
Therefore, upgrading the service is a good start, but not a magical
solution - it will not solve overload problems, even if it is 1,000
amperes! However, it will stop blowing the MAIN FUSES OR TRIPPING
OF THE MAIN BREAKER.
A service upgrade has to be done first and
in some situations, soon after, there may be a need to run some new cables
(new circuits) and install some new outlets in critical areas such as in the
kitchen and laundry areas and outdoors etc. We will also include a
price for any type of urgent work needed usually at a reduced price.
However, any work decided later on when the service change is underway,
will cost much more due to rescheduling.
We are set up to do service upgrades smoothly without hardly any interruptions in the normal daily activities of home owners. All power to lights, plugs, furnace etc. will be kept on while ALL the work is being done. We will do the work to fit in your schedule and also work Saturdays.
Upgrading is, in most
cases, to replace all service equipment and install
a complete new service. The meter will be
outdoors, there will be access to more power and circuits to connect
an air conditioning, a dryer, a hot tub, garage, kitchen receptacles,
an addition, rec. room, baseboard electric heat etc. Existing overloaded
circuits, in many cases, will be corrected with a new panel when it
includes some wiring alterations usually near by the panel.
Insurance premiums may be reduced when the service is
upgraded (check with your insurance). However, safety and quality of life are
most important.
Inquire about HYDRO
FINANCING for your service upgrade. The price for an upgrade begins at
$1,900.00. No two services are quite alike. We are able to give the customers an
EXACT PRICE when visiting on site or shortly afterward. Hydro Financing
Payments for it `can be all included` on your monthly HYDRO BILL (starting
at approx.: $44.00/ mo.) No down payment is required. We look after all paper
work.
For a quick estimate and `ON TIME and to start the work in
approximately one or two weeks time, inquire by
email or
by telephone: 981 2315. Alternate email:
mcorreia259@gmail.com
ALL
calls go through a message centre or voice mail. Please describe the work
and leave your number. We will return your call, usually within a few
minutes.