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I need a beer.
chart94 PE
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At least a smoke and a pancake or something
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chart94 PE
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It is a small unit only 7MVA
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Something awesome.
You think she could handle all this?
chart94 PE
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Comparatively considering some of the transmission style units which are a lot bigger. For dist. design, yeah I guess about average, but we are moving towards larger units at a lot of places.
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chart94 PE
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Yeah... I was a bit slow today in seeing you were making that joke too. Lol my bad
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Tuna can man.
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Seemed to work fine for Figaroa & Caputo...
Correction, Caputo was known as Beer Can in high school, not Tuna can..
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Ugh. Pretty sure I got over-charged for repairing the springs for my parents garage ($600 total, after tax), but the garage actually opens now, the guy had all the parts, and he got it done in under 2-hours. Even mentioned that the previously installed springs were under-sized, so, eh. I'm just happy he came when he said he would and I can just work a few hours OT to make up for the price. Still. Oof. Not sure if I want to be a homeowner if that's the low-end of how much things cost. 
Pricing is probably different where you are, but $600 sounds pretty steep. When we had this problem a couple years ago we were charged $200 for replacement parts + labor; took about the same amount of time.Ugh. Pretty sure I got over-charged for repairing the springs for my parents garage ($600 total, after tax), but the garage actually opens now, the guy had all the parts, and he got it done in under 2-hours. Even mentioned that the previously installed springs were under-sized, so, eh. I'm just happy he came when he said he would and I can just work a few hours OT to make up for the price. Still. Oof. Not sure if I want to be a homeowner if that's the low-end of how much things cost.
OTOH, repairing springs is not something you want to do yourself, unless you have a death wish...
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I think a spring replacement for a 2 car door, residential was about 300 with late night repairUgh. Pretty sure I got over-charged for repairing the springs for my parents garage ($600 total, after tax), but the garage actually opens now, the guy had all the parts, and he got it done in under 2-hours. Even mentioned that the previously installed springs were under-sized, so, eh. I'm just happy he came when he said he would and I can just work a few hours OT to make up for the price. Still. Oof. Not sure if I want to be a homeowner if that's the low-end of how much things cost.
EDIT. it was 300 for full replacement of both springs, with the late night fee, so probably a bit steep.
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Late night repair might be a factor too. In our case, I was still able to open the garage door manually so we could park the cars in the driveway, so we didn’t have to deal with urgent repairs. I can see why it might be necessary in a bigger city, though.
I was in a townhouse (no driveway or street parking bc HOA) and also living alone and I just wanted it done LOL
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