A homeowner in Miami, Florida had a scorched electrical panel after a series of brownouts burned out an AC switch. The fix wasn’t small: a new 200A panel inside, a 200A meter combo outside, a main service disconnect, and a damaged conduit that needed replacing.
The quote came back at $3,800. In a thread from November 2023, the homeowner posted the number and asked a simple question: was this reasonable for Miami? The turn wasn’t that the price seemed high. It was that the room split, with some commenters calling it a good deal and others saying it seemed too low to trust.
Other Florida homeowners comparing quotes for a similar 200A service upgrade can use the same details this case surfaced: what a quote excludes, like permit fees, and whether the total leaves enough room for both materials and labor once each is priced out separately…