Cost of new electrical raceways

Best to get a quote from a local dealer. There are many variables: circuit count, outlet count, DMX runs or gateways, overall stiffness, shipping, installation.

You will also need an installation electrician. Maybe new flex cable. This project might even trigger a code issue where the whole runs needs new conduit and bigger wire.
 
Wondering what the cost of upgrading raceways would be with stage pin pigtails and dmx? Our current rzceways are 32’, 24’, and 18 ft. Covering 37 ft wide proscenium.
@Doowop63 When you're replacing your distribution raceways, consider the mounting height above catwalks and hanging pipes as well as the lengths of the female connector tails. I'm thinking back to 1990 when I was able to have troughs installed in manageable lengths totaling in excess of the full width of both approximately 60' wide coves and had them installed well above head height so they were not at all in the way when walking or when yoking fixtures upwards above the upper of the two hanging rails. I specified the tail lengths approximately seven feet and had every 12/3 SO tail exit the trough via a Kellems grip for durability. The tail lengths were such that the female connectors hung within two inches of the walkways were they fell silently, without damage and were never lying on the catwalks' walking surface yet were long enough to reach either way parallel to the hanging pipes with comparatively minimal need to add extension cables. It's difficult to predict the future needs of future designers but having the tails all hang as long / low as possible without landing on the catwalks easily allowed six or eight circuits to reach a cluster of fixtures and accessories when designers decided they wanted to figuratively squeeze ten pounds of lights, mirrors and effects wheels in five pounds of pipe space. Buy once cry once is still a good premise.
EDIT: I lived with this for a few years 'til I moved on and never had any regrets or found any drawbacks.
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A friend of mine when he asked an installer, they told him it was about $35-40 per foot for the raceway, then it was another $35-40 per 3 foot pig tail.
All just for manufacturing of the product. This didn't include install costs.
This was a couple years ago and not sure how prices may/may not have changed.
 
Wondering what the cost of upgrading raceways would be with stage pin pigtails and dmx? Our current rzceways are 32’, 24’, and 18 ft. Covering 37 ft wide proscenium.

Upgrade ?, or replace ?.

What connectors are you using now ?.

The ETC raceways I'm familiar with have internal connector terminals that make landing the THHN incoming wiring a snap, thus I would think that replacing the raceways might be more cost effective then having electricians swap out a lot of circuits to pigtails with 2P&G.

Note also that there are code requirements for separating low voltage stuff like DMX in the same raceway as 120 volt stuff. Might be easier to put in separate boxes with DMX. If doing that you should consider doing an Ethernet backbone.
 
The materials for the install are relatively inexpensive. It's bent sheet metal with copper wires inside. It's the installation fee's that are the expensive part.... Im just guessing the materials cost should be under $30k.
 
The materials for the install are relatively inexpensive. It's bent sheet metal with copper wires inside. It's the installation fee's that are the expensive part.... Im just guessing the materials cost should be under $30k.
If there was a pigtail and separate circuit every 18" on those lengths - 48 - I'd say the raceways are well under $10,000. I use $100/circuit as a rule of thumb for early estimates. DMX will vary based on what is included but one DMX receptacle on each batten and daisy chaining along the batten is not much for the three boxes and pipe clamps. I have a current (materials) estimate from a dealer with 40 circuits along with a 48 way Sensor IQ, complete network with switch and taps, UPS, and Echo control stations for under $40,000.

I just recalled a project last fall where we replaced 4 connector strips and feeders that did not survive a rigging replacement. (Which I knew they wouldn't but no one wanted to face that up front - a usual fact of consulting - but I guess were willing to pay for it by change order.) I'm trying to get the actual price - which would be the strips, feeders, and all labor - with battens on counterweight rigging.

I'd say for the OP that the cost of install will vary a lot of these are on battens that come to the floor - rigged - or is the work is at height. And if it does come to floor, I would usually assume new feeders. Time after time if the connector strips need replacing, either the heat has done in the feeder or the feeder did not meet code originally - a very common discovery.
 
OK - last fall - 3 plug strips on counterweight rigging replaced. All three 52'-0". 48 circuits and 48 pigtails on first; 24 and 24 on each of second and third. Remove, dispose of, provide and install new - $20,000 at change order prices (which means cost plus and is about the most expensive way to buy this kind of work) and $7000 to replace some of the feeders from gridiron junction boxes to the electrics. That should give you an idea. The cost of the plug strips from the manufacturer (L&E in this case) was $8900 - so a little less than my $100/circuit estimating rule of thumb. The rest was labor and mark ups (upon mark ups upon mark ups - did I say this was change order work?)
 
Quick read of year ago paperwork and I should have recalled reviewing shops. It was sold by Leff Electric, whose "LE" logo is not unlike the L&E logo (which is LE, no ampersand). In fact, the plug strips were from SSRC, whose name was NOT in the paperwork for the change order but was on the shop drawings and obvious by their "BAL" product number. My apologies for the confusion.

But the cost info should be useful. Yes he has about half the linear feet and guessing half the circuits - the main cost driver - so maybe not half these but not a lot more. $5K for just the strips? Very hard to guestimate on install without knowing a lot more, but - rule of thumb - 1 1/2 to 2 times the cost of the plug strip if competitively bid and a complete project. But then it could be less if the owner/user say - disposed of old; mounted the new and just had electrician wire; and on and on based on so many things.
 
Thanks for your replies, was out of touch for a few weeks with some outside issues. We are 32 ft, 24 ft, 16ft. With 18, 12 and 6 connections respectively. Looking to go 18 12 and 12 on 1,2,3 electrics. Bill your pricing from the counterweight system actually falls within our parameters.
 

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