cost to use electrician to replace ceiling light

Anyone know the going rate?


if no new wiring is needed, a handyman can do it.  I have a very small electrical job that needs to be done, no electrician will bother.  It can be done in 15 minutes.  The ones that responded quoted about $1000.  I'm not handy, but I would know how to do it, but I don't have the dexterity and wouldn't trust myself with wiring and I can't safely climb a ladder.


Do you mean:

a.  Replace light bulbs (in fixture out of reach)?

b.  Take down old fixture, and hang a new one?

c.  Something else?


a or b, I can do it.  For 'c', you might need an electrician, but we need to understand what the job entails. 


just a PSA--if installing a dimmer switch, be sure switch can handle "load". 



Starsong said:
just a PSA--if installing a dimmer switch, be sure switch can handle "load". 

 More importantly now - make sure dimmer switch is matched to type of bulbs and/or what is being dimmed. led “bulbs” require a certain dimmer, while a dimmer for led strips will need to be matched whether it’s an electronic or magnetic BALLEST (not ballers).  grin

Btw overall on this post - if this is for a house say less than 50 years old it’ll be easier than in an old house.


peteglider said:  magnetic ballers 

 Huh huh. Uuh, Hey Beavis, he said "ballers".


this sounds like a handyman job.



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