So, I put my purchase in for Steve's. I was actually going to ask an electrician I need to have come by and do some other work do this install for me as well. I have a lot of confidence I can do the install, I just really don't want to after reading this thread.
I'm starting to second guess, that though, for two reasons. (1) An electrician won't necessarily know how to do these hoods any better than me and at least I've read all 38 pages of this thread and know kind of where to look WHEN (not IF) I run into trouble. He won't know that. (2) With Greg gone, it might be nice for our community if one more person has done an install on a C-250 to help others down the road.
The real thing that scares me is my 18 month old kids. I'll have to find a window where Mom takes them somewhere for a few hours without me (which is VERY rare when I'm home) and then it puts me under immense time pressure to get it done before they get home and decide to help.
I considered ordering a back up hood just so I wouldn't be under time pressure to get this done and then I'd be highly confident I could do it well...even if I have to do it here and there over a few days. I may still do that. $400, though.