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How much to charge for a CCTV install? - coco69 - Jul 7, 2016
how much would be reasonable to charge a small insurance agency business to set up 2 CCTV cameras, they have all the equipment and running the cables should be easy too, its just those fake ceilings.
What do you all think?
* - EliteTM - Jul 7, 2016
If you're just basically run cabling, I would personally charge $20 a drop or $20/hour, either one.
* - coco69 - Jul 7, 2016
(Jul 7, 2016 03:45 PM)EliteTM Wrote: If you're just basically run cabling, I would personally charge $20 a drop or $20/hour, either one.
$20 a drop is kind of cheap, actually really cheap.
I was thinking around $120-150
for a roughly 2-3 hour job.
It would also include configuring for online viewing remotly.
CCTV installations are pretty inflated,
My friend was getting charged $3000 to wire cameras to his new big house.
A 8 camera system, the guy im working with, Security analyst at the college where I worked, did it for half the price $1500.
and the equipment cost around $800, it was a generic equipment, that he says is very reliable and has used for many years already.
* - ΛθƉ - Jul 7, 2016
I do alot of consulting and trust me don't do a flat rate, you never know what your going to run into until you actually get into it. I know I would charge $50 an hour myself to do something like this but if your just starting out maybe try $30/hour
* - EliteTM - Jul 7, 2016
(Jul 7, 2016 03:56 PM)Static1120 Wrote: $20 a drop is kind of cheap, actually really cheap.
I was thinking around $120-150
for a roughly 2-3 hour job.
It would also include configuring for online viewing remotly.
CCTV installations are pretty inflated,
My friend was getting charged $3000 to wire cameras to his new big house.
A 8 camera system, the guy im working with, Security analyst at the college where I worked, did it for half the price $1500.
and the equipment cost around $800, it was a generic equipment, that he says is very reliable and has used for many years already.
Oh my mistake then. I was interpreting the situation as a basic job that it would be mainly physical labour. That the insurance company just needed someone to run a cable and plug everything in.