Our stove stopped working. Appliance man came out and said the circuit breaker needed to be changed (wrong size, loose fitting). About how much should I expect to pay electrician?
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I suspect that depends quite a bit upon the area in which you live. We’re in Atlanta and had an electrician to the house recently. The charge just to come out was $75. He replaced a light switch and the total was $125.
Isn’t that just a fuse? It is simple to fix. But, it take people hour or two to travel to you and look at it. If it is me I won’t do it less than $50.
By the way anyone give me thumb down, I give everyone else a thumb down to hide my bad answer.
To swap out a circuit breaker, depending on where you live, should run between $250-$360.
service call + labor
$125
Probably $75-$125. It’s a simple fix, only takes 10 minutes to do, but they will charge a service call plus a minimum charge for labor. That is just the labor part. The breaker itself will be anywhere from $20-$50 depending on the type.
slippery slope. First Appliance repair means they don’t know enough to get a real job. Leading a trade will sometimes get you paying more, ie you phone a plumber and tell him your hot water tank is gone, he will show up with a hot water tank, and sometimes even if it isnt gone, to save the time of returning it he will install it and charge you. I suggest you check the stove, is your start stop bake timer engaged, is your stove old, is the breaker in the panel old or new. If your breaker is newer, and if it is the first time it has gone off, chances are its the stove. If the breaker is the wrong size, which is probably bs, your breaker going off should be a somewhat regular occurence. 20 min on google should sort that out most stove breakers are the same size amperage wise. Loose fitting? I doubt you could fit an innapropriate( not made for it) breaker in the wrong panel. The amperage rating on the breaker is usually right on the individual breaker. If you do phone an electrician dont lead him or her just tell them the stove breaker popped and leave them alone, if they know what they are doing itll be quicker, and possibly less expensive than if they have to listen to the customer for twenty minutes
are you in or near a big city or small town?….you will pay more near a city…..i would estimate a total bill of $125-$175….remember it costs a lot to run any type of mobile repair service,,,new work vans are $30,000 alone…..you arent always paying for what they do,,,your really paying for what they know………dan