Upgrade to 200-amp service

To the pro electricians on the forum…what’s a typical cost and what kind of pain in the ass it is to upgrade from 100-amp service to 200-amp service for the home. Thanks for any info.

it depends Most guys I know charge between $1,500 and $3,200 around here where I live. I have no clue what they would charge in Chicago.

I just paid $1800 to upgrade my 100A service to a 200A circuit breaker service


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Not pro electrician technically, but we’ve upgraded quite  few homes to new 200A  panels. 

We’re able to because no permits or inspections are required, my boss decided to undertake a few and it kind of went from there.

Really, i’d prefer if inspections were required, and we get back on track to the normal schedule, and let the licensed electrician take care of that, but it has become rather common so we keep doing them lol

It’s usually a little over $2000 depending if we need to pull new service wire from the meter box or not

Funny, i just happened to stumble across these pics from july

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Had to bust the old service wire out of the brick..

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