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Good point. My brother bought a house with a 100amp panel. Barely sufficient even when your running a gas furnace and stove. He paid something like $15,000 t

• toomuchtodo 4y ago
  That cost is atypical. It’s usually $2-4k, and there are income based subsidies available in the Inflation Reduction Act (and no income limit if the panel upgraded is required as part of a rooftop solar install; it too is eligible for a 30% federal tax credit).
  • refurb 4y ago
    Atypical? Based on what? That's the normal cost to rewire a house and upgrade service in California unless you're talking about some podunk town in the Central Valley. This ain't the mid-West.
    • toomuchtodo 4y ago
      Just had a friend have the work done an hour out of Sacramento for the price I mentioned. I’m aware of the California tax, but $15k wildly deviates from the median unless your utility is requiring a service entrance upgrade under concrete.
  • hansvm 4y ago
    It costs $3-5k for an electrician in that part of the country to get off their arse and sign off on an already completed installation. Throw in the permitting procedure and everything else involved, and I'm moderately surprised it's so cheap. There's a reason such a high percentage of homes in the area have illegal lofts/porches/bedrooms/stoves/....