IV Power Electric

The best electrician I have ever used! Mr. Bell is so knowledgeable, pleasant, and he did a wonderful job putting in a new circuit for an air conditioner. Also he is very reasonably priced. Great guy and a great job.

As a first time homebuyer it was important for me to find a reputable electrician when the general inspector told me that my home had a dated Federal Pacific electrical panel that was known to be a fire safety hazard. IV Power Electric came highly recommended by a friend as knowledgeable, professional and honest. That recommendation was spot on! Mr. Bell completed a full electrical inspection and was very thorough. Upon his recommendation I ended up replacing my old electrical panel and increasing the amp to 200. Mr. Bell communicated with me frequently throughout the process. From working with LADWP to get the permit, to completing the work, to passing the inspection with flying colors– Mr. Bell always kept me informed and I witnessed first hand how passionate Mr. Bell is about his profession. He took great care to complete the job safely and professionally. He was even kind enough to make a special trip to the house to explain the panel, how the breakers are set up and suggested next steps for me to take with LADWP. Such impressive customer service! I highly recommend IV Power Electric and I will definitely hire them again in the future.

While my wife was installing the Christmas lights, the electrical outlet in our garage became overloaded and started smoking. Unfortunately this outlet controlled our garage door, porch light, washer and dryer, with all of these items becoming inoperable. I checked Unilocal and saw the excellent reviews for IV Power and Electric. I received a callback almost immediately from the owner, Willie Bell. Mr. Bell was very professional on the phone and had an opening the next day. I had called another five star electrician based in Culver City and was turned off by his response, «I can’t talk now, I’m at my kids soccer game. «
If the game was so important, why are you even answering your phone? Mr Bell arrived within his promised time window, even providing me with a thirty minute courtesy notice. Mr Bell fixed the problem and made the repairs without any issues.
Mr. Bell is thorough, safe, respectful, and a very nice man. His charges are very reasonable considering the amount of work he performed.
I would highly recommend him to family, friends, or neighbors! I am so happy I chose Mr Bell, and not that other five star pompous idiot from Culver City!

I needed some light switches replaced in our bathrooms. I’d bought replacements but they were not the correct model. Willie went and got the correct ones, put them in quickly AND gave us a great price. HE’S ALL THAT AND A BAG OF BLUE CORN CHIPS, ORGANIC!!!;-)

I hired IV Power Electric to diagnose both a faulty Ceiling Fan as well as issue with my recessed lighting. Willie of Power Electric was quick to respond, on time for our appointment, but most impressive was his knowledge and assessments of my immediate and future electrical needs. He repaired what I needed, at very competitive rates, and did a good assessment on my property electrical condition (without pushing for additional services. I highly recommend IV Power Electric and plan to use them again when we expand our home for all our electrical needs.

I called IV Power based on the reviews here and Willie Bell (owner) responded within a couple of hours. I explained what was was needed, he gave me some options and advised me of his modest estimate fee and we negotiated a time. Willie was prompt, knowledgeable, professional and cheerful. He did the work in no time, charged a very fair price and quickly followed up to provide an estimate for further work he had promised. I would not hesitate to call him again and would be happy to recommend him to my friends, needs be.
Thanks, Willie!

Willie was referred to us by a plumber (AA Bros Plumbing — also HIGHLY recommend!) who replaced our pipes a few months ago. We are on a time crunch, as our first child is due next week, and wanted to have two light three way light switches and two outlets installed prior to the baby’s arrival. Willie returned our call promptly, and offered a great price to complete the work. He also committed to completing the work before baby time — which we very much appreciated! Willie was professional and was prompt in his arrival and efficient in his work. Realizing our time constraint, he brought two assistants to ensure the work was completed in one day. He also called the contractor who was to repair the dry wall, post-​electrical install, and ensured he was available to repair the holes as soon as possible, again keeping in mind our time constraint. We would hire Willie again for electrical work!

Willie Bell is very nice and professional. In addition, he did a great job figuring out our electrical challenge and fixing it. I would highly recommend him to anyone in need of an excellent electrician.

I have an 1929 house that had never been refurbished since its construction. Willie was fantastic in his knowledge of what needed to go where, which city codes were to be applied, pulling permits, working on time and diligently throughout. The hardest part of going through massive renovations is contractors not showing up. Not only was he always ready to go, but had the common decency to call ahead if he couldn’t make it or would be late. Fantastic. The city inspector was especially complimentary of his work, especially given the scope of a full house rewire. Total high recommendation.

Fantastic!
I’ve now just wrapped up working with Willie Bell and his IV power electric team. This was a full house rewire including new panels, discarding old black pipe, new code wiring, Ethernet, coaxial and power to an electric car charger setup. The city has already come and approved his work and seeing the quality and cleanliness of how it all turned out, they only needed to see part of it to realize the care he took in his work.
It’s not just the work either. Willie is one of those rare contractors in LA that actually shows up when he says he will, calls ahead if he can’t and is honest about what is and isn’t achievable for a given budget. He knows his building code for electrical work solid! And if there’s a particular aspect he isn’t aware of, he’s on the phone straight away with the city to get it sorted straight away. I’ve been forced to wait on irresponsible carpenters, plumbers who didn’t know what they were doing — but I was never held back by Willie Bell. Highly highly recommended.

I have enjoyed working with Willie immensely. He is very responsive, prompt and he can get jobs done that others cannot do. I am bringing him back to do some additional work for our house. On top of his expertise as an electrician, he is extremely personable and very professional. I rarely write reviews on various services but felt that this business is one that all should know about!

Thanks to Willie’s prompt and efficient service, my mom and I were able to set up our new window air conditioning unit safely, without overloading our power supply or starting a fire with our old two-​prong outlets. The Sears technician who had installed our air conditioner did not seem too bothered about the fact that we only had two-​prong outlets to connect to the air conditioner, which required a three-​prong outlet. The Sears technician said that I could use a «cheater» adapter to plug into the air conditioner, BUT not that he would «recommend it.» I didn’t know what to do with that advice, so fortunately, Willie came to our rescue and upgraded our outlets (making sure they were grounded and converting them to three-​prong outlets).
Within 24 hours of my call to Willie, my Mom and I were enjoying our air conditioner, just in time for the latest heat wave.
I then hired Willie to swap out all the outlets in our house, which he did at a reasonable rate ($ 65 service call, and $ 15 – 25 per outlet) and completed within a few hours — on a Sunday, no less!!! Willie was also very courteous and professional and explained in detail everything he was doing without sounding AT ALL condescending.
I highly recommend his reliable, efficient and effective service.

Professional and friendly. That’s my impression after dealing with IV Power. I had a couple of ceiling fans installed, a few light fixtures and repair on some outlets. The electrician, Willie Bell, was not only knowledgeable but reasonably priced. I had some prior work done by Gil’s and also compared quotes with Powell Electric. IV Power has better fees and is also very efficient. Will keep in my Address Book for any future work and referrals to friends.

Home Warranty company (Fidelity National) sent me this contractor to repair dead electrical outlets in my bathroom the night before Thanksgiving after another contractor (J. Yelen Enterpises) said the earliest they would come would be the following Monday (and was rude about it too!). The IV Power electrician, Willie Bell, told me an approximate time he would arrive and said he’d keep me updated and would call when he was on his way (imagine LA traffic night before Thanksgiving!). He arrived on time and quickly found the problem and fixed it. And, he was a very polite and nice guy! I highly recommend this company as service this great is unfortunately not too common. You may verify the contractor by calling Fidelity National as I understand that some companies write their own review-​this is not true in this case and I am a legit (happy) customer.