I was in a situation recently that I needed to replace my power box but after 3 quotes the cheapest electrician wanted 6K which was like 3x as much as I was expecting. I know you are suppose to turn the power off at the street but I was nervous about contacting the power company.
I ended up just doing the replacement live and it worked great. Wrapped a flat head screw driver in electrical tape and disconnected the main power lead into the box then put a cover on each of the large wires.
Basically just copied the breaker sizes and screwed everything back in the same order. Everything cost like 300$ including the box. Downvote me if you want but skilled labor is a joke these days, do it yourself watch all the YouTube videos available then go for it. You could die but probably not.
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I was in a situation recently that I needed to replace my power box but after 3 quotes the cheapest electrician wanted 6K which was like 3x as much as I was expecting. I know you are suppose to turn the power off at the street but I was nervous about contacting the power company.
I ended up just doing the replacement live and it worked great. Wrapped a flat head screw driver in electrical tape and disconnected the main power lead into the box then put a cover on each of the large wires.
Basically just copied the breaker sizes and screwed everything back in the same order. Everything cost like 300$ including the box. Downvote me if you want but skilled labor is a joke these days, do it yourself watch all the YouTube videos available then go for it. You could die but probably not.