Rave Electric

Hands down the best experience I’ve ever had with an electrician. I initially engaged rave electric to install a hundred amp breaker. They did a fantastic and quick job. Then Victor came over my house to do I troubleshoot. He wasn’t able to identify the issue initially but did help me install the fan. Then his boss Javier came the next time did a thorough investigation identified hidden pipes with in my system and solve the problem cost free because first time they weren’t able to find the issue. That’s what I call amazing customer service and he did it all to ensure my safety.

Sadly, Rave doesn’t do jobs «downtown». Refused to come out to Gold Coast. Too bad the listing doesn’t better specify service areas.

Went with an Angie’s Big deal — 6 installed recessed lights and a dimmer switch for $ 600. The two guys that showed up were very professional and kind and worked fairly quickly. After placing their templates on the ceiling they got to work. When they had finished, I had six new lights and a dimmer switch properly installed — but I noticed some holes in the ceiling around some of the lights, and one big 6 inch hole where they cut the hole two big or had to shift it. They told «that’s normal» for jobs like this and they sometimes have to drill more holes.
I can’t imagine leaving holes in the ceiling is accurate and if it is, I’m sure there might be someone else that could have done this job and got it right the first time. We were hoping these were going to be our electric guys, but I guess I’ll move on and try someone else.
Great service, prompt, punctual — they just didn’t do a good enough job for me.

Rewiring an apartment and installing eight recessed lights in the living room and dining room took two and a half days and cost about $ 1900. The price included all supplies.
Three guys worked consistently. They were polite, worked hard, cleaned up. No complaints. I was happy with the work.

I requested that 7 non-​grounded outlets be swapped to grounded outlets, and a ceiling fan with light be swapped out with a new one, and install a new dimmer switch for the ceiling fan.
Javier and partner showed up within a few minutes of the scheduled appointment time, calling me when they arrived. They quickly got started plowing through the outlet swaps. Javier’s partner (who’s name escapes me) moved on to the ceiling fan replacement. The old fan was set up with a dimmer switch, so when you turned the dial, both the fan AND the light went higher or lower. Not the best set up, but that’s how it was when we bought the condo. I was replacing this with an updated sliding dimmer switch, that I thought would control both the fan and light like the previous dimmer. It also had a toggle switch for on/​off. Well, the POS Aspire switch that I supplied was non-​functional, which I know is common but still frustrating. Javier went to his truck and could only find a cream/​almond dimmer which I didn’t want, as everything else in the condo was white. That’s when Javier went above and beyond and went to the nearest hardware store to buy a white one! That I really appreciate. They installed the new dimmer and everything worked fine. The only downfall was that the light and fan had to be wired separately, and not together like the previous ceiling fan was set up. He told me having both wired to the dimmer could burn out the fan motor? Now when I press the on/​off switch only the light turns on and off, and the fan is controlled only by the pull chain. Kind of annoying. I know, I know, It would have been best had I bought a dual switch to control the fan and light separately, but I really thought we could wire both on a dimmer like it was previously. The fan is in the dining room of a rental, and I didn’t feel like investing $ 50 on dual switch like we put in the bedroom.
I think a conversation would have been best prior to installation. I can’t fault Javier as they offered to set up an onsite estimate, but I thought everything was pretty straightforward, and I asked to receive the quote via email. The motor of the previous ceiling fan never burned out and worked fine being wired with the light on the dimmer. The only reason why I switched it all out was to update the fan for the next tenant. Lesson learned, book the onsite estimate and discuss all of your expectations. Rave’s estimate was $ 50 more than my other electrician’s estimate. I ended up using Rave due to a scheduling conflict with the other electrician. Rave was super fast, even with having to stop and make a run to the hardware store. It took them just a little over two hours. I would book them again should I need work done quickly!

Great work, tremendous price, very friendly people! I will exclusively use Rave for future jobs.
Pros
–Best price among 5 top-​rated Angie’s list peers
–Work was completed as expected, on budget
–Very flexible in scheduling
Cons
–Non-​dimmer switches were put in, but were quickly corrected at no charge
–A few dry wall holes were left and not patched up (this was OK with me because the price was very solid)