ARETAE ELECTRIC


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If you have any concerns or questions about rates, me working for free, etc, please go to the special section of the FAQ page dealing with rates and subject matter I must deal with at times. If there is any thought in your mind that you do not want to pay anything relative to below, read the FAQ's and/or please do not call me, unless you understand and are willing to follow the payment guidelines. Thank you.

12/10/2008As the cost of living increased, so have my rates. In light of recent downturns, I have reduced them accordingly.

DESIGN: $125 $115 per hour, portal-to-portal, plus materials

Design is anything that encompasses providing layout(s) of any electrical component. If you or a designer, or an engineer, or whomever, does not provide a clear-cut scope of work, then the time I spend helping to create or finalize a concept is billable. If you cannot finalize the design yourself and you do not want to pay me for this input, you need to contact someone else to put it together for you.

PROGRAMMING: $125 $115 per hour, portal-to-portal, plus materials

Programming for Lutron or Litetouch systems

TROUBLESHOOTING: $125 $115 per hour, portal-to-portal, plus materials

Finding and sometimes fixing whatever is wrong.

INSTALLATION: $110 per hour, portal-to-portal, plus materials

If they are tough installs, this will go up, I will be glad to explain it. There are things like crawling through spaces under a home filled with rat feces, routing through Eichler style homes, a LOT of blow-in insulation in attics, etc.

MAINTENANCE: $110 per hour, portal-to-portal, plus materials

I know that after all of this, there will still be some who just do not want to accept any of this, and want a lot of things for free, want others to pay to build their home or workplace. Please go to http://www.cheapocontractors.org for a list of links to people who may do this for you.