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okay, let's talk electrical work.... i want to replace light fixtures, i know how to replace light fixtures, everyone replaces light fixtures.

Posted by Andie Jan 2 '15, 13:25

technically, per our condo rules, i am *supposed* to have a licensed electrician do it.

debate my options.

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Only becuase the HOA says to...I'd do what they say; remove all "something goes wrong" liability -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 2, 14:31
If its just two-wire fixtures. Also check circuit breakers, if labelled ok, you're fine. -- nm - budice Jan 2, 13:46
if the place is 40yo, you might want to check out the breaker box, upgrade to 200 amps, especially check to see if it is recalled - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Jan 2, 13:43 6
- oh, it has a fuse box. fuses! replacing to a breaker will cost about a grand. it will happen, but not today. -- nm - Andie Jan 2, 13:46 5
  - more like two grand, well maybe 1500 -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Jan 2, 13:50 4
    - we already got a quote... -- nm - Andie Jan 2, 13:51 3
      - yeah I forgot our quote included light fixture and socket replacement and a couple dedicated line one for the air condi and one for my office computer -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Jan 2, 14:02 2
        
        when I put the air conditioner in the window we had to run an extension cord across the living room to plug into the kitc pop the circuit breaker -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Jan 2, 14:03 1
        
        into the kitchen or we would pop the circuit breaker -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Jan 2, 14:03
1. Call an electrician. S/he can deal with any funky issues that might crop up, plus you'll be in the clear if something - TWuG Jan 2, 13:37 2
- if we were in our own house, i wouldn't even question it... -- nm - Andie Jan 2, 13:38 1
  - I would look at them to see if there's anything weird and then if no, replace them. I mean, why pay? - peggy ann mcamanda Jan 2, 14:54
*calls an electrician* -- nm - znufrii, bachelor of science, cum laude Jan 2, 13:34
be sure to keep the old ones, so if you move you can take the ones you bought with you and swap in the old ones -- nm - Beaker Jan 2, 13:27 3
- well, we own the place, and the ones we are replacing are original 40 year old fixtures, no way am i keeping those, they'd bring the price down! :) -- nm - Andie Jan 2, 13:28 2
  - ahh, call Canadian Pickers, they eat that old shit up :) -- nm - Beaker Jan 2, 13:29 1
    - funny coincidence - a couple weeks ago i was looking up instructions on changing fixtures and clicked on this one... - Andie Jan 2, 13:31
i'm sure most condos have those rules, i doubt they would ask to see receipts or anything though. - Truman Jan 2, 13:27
do it, don't tell a soul. - colin Jan 2, 13:26
We got an electrician to do ours on wednesday. I certainly didn't want to deal with it, and the previous owner had done a hack job with other - Beryllium Jan 2, 13:26 7
- yeah? how much? did he charge hourly or for the job? - Andie Jan 2, 13:28 3
  - $92/hr and it took 1.5 hours to do 2 light fixtures, 3 smoke detectors, and check into a sink socket issue -- nm - Beryllium Jan 2, 14:04 1
    - thanks - that helps a lot. -- nm - Andie Jan 2, 14:06
  - hourly, but I forget the cost. We bought the fixtures & smoke detectors ourselves before he arrived. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 2, 13:35
- we hired a master certified electrician to do some work.. i had to redo every bit of it. - colin Jan 2, 13:28 2
  - off topic, but yet related - Truman Jan 2, 13:29 1
    - RV parks are notorious for that crap. Buy and learn to use a multimeter! -- nm - icolin Jan 2, 14:53

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okay, let's talk electrical work.... i want to replace light fixtures, i know how to replace light fixtures, everyone replaces light fixtures.

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