OT Upgrading house from 100 to 200 amp service Options

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Any electricians here know what this might cost? Based on what I need and want to do, I will have to either add a sub box, which stretches my already stretched power. Everyone is suggesting I just upgrade to 200 amp service. Any rough guesstimates what this costs to have the power company come out and do this? I would be buying my own box, and main breaker. I would get the same type (cutler-hammer) so that I could re-use my existing breakers.

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QUOTE (carambola @ May 10 2005, 06:51 PM)

now i see you're from the midwest, which makes me a little leery ... but... you can take down and reconnect you're electrical supply yourself. just don't touch the electrical utility wires. now if you want to do it on the up and up, my utility just started charging for some standard stuff, but i don't think a cut card is one of them. get it inspected.

My uncle-in-law is a union electrician (retired) said he would do it for me. But he isn't sure what they would charge for it. He just said, that I should get a new box. Will probably have to have the wire from the meter to the main breaker replaced, and would have to call the power company to have them shut it off at the pole. Said then they would need to inspect it. Why does the meter need to be replaced? Shit I wasn't counting on all this. The house is from 79. I guess that's "old" (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif)