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And Mahlere, thanks for the "loveable village dolt" comment

sounds like something i would say, but not ringing a bell. must've been a really good comment [Linked Image]

As for service pricing- Just did a 100A service change. Emergency. Neighbor cut down a tree limb, took out a POCO line and caused 5 neighbors to have their service burn up.

We installed a new PVC and copper riser, meter pan, 100A sq d QO panel (house did not in any way shape or form warrant an upgrade. they will never use what they have)new grounding etc.

Here is what the job took.

estimate - 1.5 hrs
job - 2 men 10 hour day
meet with inspector, poco and get power turned on, phone calls, general admin - 5 hrs

These are real numbers that include travel, parts, men's breaks, etc.

So we have a total of 26.5 man hours. Our target is $1000 day (or $125/hr for an 8 hr day)

So do the math here 26.5 x $125 = $3321.00 not including material.

Total material was about $350.

We charged $3500 for the service. Is that too much?

That 26.5 hrs was a little higher than normal due to this particular town and power companies procedures, be we average 23 man hours per service when everything is added up.