Lion Electric

Catherine N.

I reached out to Victor after a friend recommended him for all things electrical.

What I love best:
He arrives when he says he will.
He knows his codes.
He teaches you what the problem is.
He then teaches you how he is going to fix it.
He then fixes it and shows you what he did.
He is very professional and kind.
I trust him and his advisement.
He is an honest man.

He is now my forever electrician and I will never hire anyone else. I also will hire him in tandem with my contractor to ensure all the electrical upgrades or changes are up to code!

You can't go wrong!

John F.

Easy to reach by phone. Prompt and timely for his appointment. Quick resolution to my problem.

Thanks.

Issac O.

They were alright. Showed up on time, did the job I needed, and the price was fair. Nothing special, but no complaints either. Would consider using them again if I needed to.

Trinhiti P.

I highly recommend Victor. My breaker started sparking and I called him and he immediately said that's dangerous and he would come by asap to look at it. He came promptly and assessed the situation and fixed it with a reasonable price. I even asked him to do a few other electrical tasks I needed and he did it right away. He gave me honest advice and was very professional. Definitely will call him again if I have any work in the future.

Neil S.

My insurance company mandated that I change out my electrical panel, because the brand had a history of causing fires. I contacted five electrical companies to get bids. Lion Electric's estimate was right in the middle of the bid range. The lowest bidder never came to my house, and didn't even ask for pictures. The highest bidder came to my house two hours late, and clearly was not professional in his evaluation of my electrical panel. However, rather than talking about how bad these electricians were, let me tell you have fantastic Lion Electric was. Victor, the owner of Lion Electric, has been in the business for seventeen years. He came to my house and immediately recognized that the panel I had, Federal Pacific, was a hazardous panel and needed to be replaced. He also mentioned several other poorly designed panels that will keep insurance companies from insuring your house. He informed me that I needed to bond my high voltage water heater to
my hot and cold water pipes and gas pipe. None of the other electricians mentioned this extreimly hazardous situation. It was very clear to me, that Victor was the man for the job. He left my house and sent me a written estimate, that included grounding the hot water heater. This extra work takes time and placed his estimate at the lowest end of the bidding range because of the extra work that absolutely needed to be done.
Victor said he would be at my house at 7am to start the job. I looked out my window at 6:55 am, and saw Victor and his brother, waiting until 7am before they knocked on my door. They came with two fully loaded service trucks, with all the equipment and tools to compete the job. How did the job turn out? They did and absolutely professional job. Truly professionals. Normally I never post reviews but Victor and his brother absolutely deserve recognition for providing value and professionalism. If I can post pictures, I will so you can see the before and after workmanship. If a picture is worth a thousand words, you can see first hand their skill. You will not go wrong with Victor from Iion Electric!
Look how clean the new electrical panel on the left looks. How does your electrical panel look inside? Did sloppy electricians make it look like the one on the right? Mine was sloppy and as a result hazardous, and I never knew it because it was covered up. Victor does clean, professional work. The pictures speak for themselves.

Hagop K.

Victor did a great job. We had a bathroom fan go out and also noticed the outlet below the fan had no power. So we had Victor come and investigate. He replaced the fan and after some searching discovered some crazy stuff our contractor had done during the bathroom remodel. He figured it out and fixed it so now the plug works. We also had him install an exterior security light and outlet. He did both jobs quickly and for a good price.

Paul S.

Victor RAMIREZ is one super-competent (unflappable! quick! accurate!) electrician, at both the commercial and domestic household level. We're so glad to have a reliable electrician -- our previous one in El Cerrito went out of business (death). Victor ran a new 220v line from downstairs main panel to our new minisplit three-zone Mitsubishi HVAC system, including a beautiful and careful job running new weatherproofed conduit. His work instantly passed muster with the El Cerrito city inspector, and with the HVAC installer (also very good). Victor comes on time, he works hard without any complaint about hauling ladders around, and he's a local guy, which I like very very much. He gets it done -- and this required moving around internal lines inside the main electrical panel, installing a shutoff at the condenser, replacing an outside outlet with a GFCI plug (required now). And the price was eminently reasonable.

While we were waiting for the City guy to show up to sign off on the job, I remarked that we had an electrically-operated skylight that had stopped opening; I'd ordered a replacement transformer a year ago, but wasn't enthusiastic about doing precision electrical work on a ladder fifteen feet above the ground. Having Victor do it worked out well, and the added cost totally reasonable. Victor replaced the transformer, got the remote working, noticed a small leak that I'll need to seal off, and cleaned the inside of the skylight (!!!), and then the inspector showed up and signed off on the 220v line.

Lion Electric is just great: Our experience in the El Cerrito Hills was solidly good from beginning to end.

Jon A.

Great, dependable work! Fair prices. I hired Lion Electric to do major electrical upgrades to our home. They did a fantastic job! Would definitely recommend Victor and his team.

Mike E.

Victor was highly recommended on our Berkeley neighborhood ListServ so I reached out to him to see if he had interest and availability to perform a small job. He responded quickly to my call and was easy to reach via text to confirm appointment timing. The entire process could not have been easier and Victor was vey responsive. Victor came out and quickly addressed the issue we were aware of (installing a new outlet on a garage wall to connect to our irrigation system) and also diagnosed and fixed a related issue with the outlet in our crawl space. Victor explained what he needed to do, was upfront and clear on the price, which was fair and reasonable. I will hire Victor again.

Nancy C.

I've worked with Victor twice, once at my home and the other at my parents house. He was quick and efficient, thorough, and a great problem solver. At my house he was fixing the not-great quality work of someone else. At my parents house, he replaced the electrical panel. The panel replacement, like many larger home improvement jobs, revealed the need to fix a few other things but everything was handled as it came along. The bid was transparent.

We ended up having to do the work at my parents house at a very difficult time for the family. Victor was thoughtful, patient, and even recruited a colleague in a different trade to take care of some additional work that the inspector wanted when we were overwhelmed by our situation and unable to do so ourselves.