My house has 100-amp service, but with fuses instead of circuit breakers. I would like to change the fuse box to a circuit breaker panel. There are 12 circuits plus a 240V for the range and one for the central air.|||This is not a DYI job.
It takes an expierenced electrician to do it right and up to code a min of 4 hours. This includes new everything from the meter down. Also grounding to two ground rods and bonding the water system. (and in some places the gas pipe)
A lot of times, if you are going to even get into the meter socket (box) you will need to replace that too. In my area that is free from the power company.
Don%26#039;t be cheap on this one. Pay an electrican to do it.|||Takes me about 3 hours for 1 this size. Sometimes you run into right much woodwork though due to panels being different sizes. Most newer panels are bigger and framing needs to be reworked. Also, some places will not allow replacing the panel without upgrading the service to bring in line with current codes. I wouldn%26#039;t recommend it as a DIY job, but I don%26#039;t know your skills.|||mine took 2 days (actually 3, but one day was for new drop and basically upgrade from 100 to 200amp). because old box was no up to code, so it was turned into a splice point aka junction box and all circuits had to be relocated to the new area of the basement all together. Considering I had 26 circuits it was quite a job, not to mention concrete drilling and etc to put conduit. Basically rewiring a box is not that big of a deal it%26#039;s how convenient and easy for the new panel mount.|||It depends on how much difficulty the electrician will have removing the old panel and then installing the new one. 4-8 hours for an estimate. The circuit change is the easy part, the panel and the feeds and the different circuits take time to do it right.|||4 to 8 hours, depending on difficulty. This is not a DIY job! Call a licensed professional, or don%26#039;t do it. Insurance company will not honor a claim if you do it yourself and burn the house down.|||Seems to me you are wasting your time and money. If you don%26#039;t need to upgrade your service amps, there really isn%26#039;t a good reason to go to circuit breakers. You still have all the same inherent dangers of an old two wire system.|||A good electrician could do this in about 4 hours. If your going to do this yourself, tell me were and when I want to watch.
