Installing dedicated 10 gauge lines

First things first. Code in my area is #12 for a 20amp circuit. I see a lot of people pull larger gage cable. Larger cable and a 20 amp breaker is still a 20 amp circuit.

I have a 30 amp 220/240, 2 dedicated 20 amp 12/2/g and a 15 14/2/g in my front room. Any room I set up is set up the same way. I use 220/240 ac wall units. I just rewired a room 30 years after I built it the same way. It cost me under 300.00 dollars for materials (at the time) to add two 50 amp sub panels and materials for 3 rooms. It was all copper Romex.

It took me a weekend of moving furniture to the middle of the room, covering it and getting to the point of touching up the texture on the cut dry wall. I left it until the following weekend, taped off the room and repainted.

I had 5 days of partial labor because, the work and taping the wall is one day, topping is another day, texture is another day, tape and primer is another day and then paint is another day. The first day is the only full day. So 8+2+2+2+2. A contractor will use primer/paint and hot mud to cut it to 2 days.. Then you can move the furniture back..

The answer is 16 hours for "a room" 2 weekends. A contractor that charges more than 1K a day for one man is kinda steep in my book. I use UNION electricians from the hall. OK 1.5K a day prices went up.. :-)

Materials 2-300.00 for a single room (NOW). Make sure it’s copper not aluminum with copper clad. No cryo treatment for wall cable, silly thing to do anyway for house wire. If you want to play with cabling after a couple 125a 5352A Hubbell receptacle are installed, HAVE FUN.

Permits: ?? 125.00 - 200.00 for the inspections..

2-3k is HIGH to me, but I’ve seldom had it done. I’m a DIY person. 300.00 for materials and a video goes a long ways.

Time for work.. I have to see where I’m driving too. 2 more years.. I’m DONE..😁

Lunch break. Thanks be to the lunch wagon, I'm starved

OK! I didn't say anything this morning, is conduit an option?

YOU can buy pre bent conduit and add a nice looking large (er) external route. The nice thing about that is you can pull extra wire at the same time or at a later date with little issue at all. There is also flex armor. That is real popular where sheetrock isn't used but below 8ft the cables have to be covered. Sheetrock, ridged conduit or flex guard.

The biggest thing is good copper and tight connection. 10 to 1 if you checked your main every securement in it would need to be retightened.. 

OK lunch is over and time to bill this wonderful customer. He is such a nice person I think I'll raise my rates via a text message while I'm here. I'm sure he would explode. Only if I'm lucky.. I've never heard a person scream that much at workers.

I understand Spanish better than I speak it. He sure has a  potty mouth. 

 Nervous they will be proven as fools.

I'm sorry to hear you feel that way. I guess it makes you mad when your friends don't want to play? Maybe "they will be proven as fools".

But you're right, your EXTRA smart, super duper smart, calling others fools because you're no fun to play with anyways!!

I can honestly say YOU two have removed all doubt. Where the heck is MC when you need him. Good Lord. Do you two walk backward everywhere you go? OR just on the forums.. DON'T get mad. Just blow your nose and be happy. :-)

rodman99999 they are all yours.. :-)