SolarMax Technology

SolarMax really made me happy

I would like to say that SolarMax has been very helpful on my solar project at our house from start to finish. They made sure I was aware of what was going on every step of the way so I would not have any surprises. When the system was complete they even walked me through the process to make sure the system was operating correctly. SolarMax really made me happy when we had a leak from a rain storm. I calked in and we had someone out the next day to fix the problem. A couple days later they came back to fix and re-paint the damaged ceiling inside the house. You can't even tell we ever had a problem as the paint matches perfect. I would recommend SolarMax to anyone that is looking in to Solar for there home.

solar max good experience

this was the best choice after researching several different solar companies,we have had no problems with the system ,friendly people to work with , my contact and sales person was Dan Cooley , he calls every once in a while to see how we are doing , where as other companies will forget about you after the sale.

34 Panel System

I shopped around quite a bit and asked a lot of questions. To be honest, I did not get a solar system to reduce my carbon footprint. It was simply to save money because I am tired of SCE looking for every excuse to raise my bill. Therefore, quality and price was very important to me. SolarMax's pricing was very competitive. I thought my salesman (Marvin) was the most informative salesman of them all. Their installation staff was professional and the job was very clean. The timeline I was quoted was accurate and the financing was flawless. I am able to track my daily production online. It is nice to see my meter turning backwards. It was a great investment and I highly recommend them.

Confidence in their product

SolarMax Technology has provided professional, efficient, and excellent communication from introduction to solar technology to post-installation of product and services. SolarMax showed confidence in their product and services by permitting time for research, questions and options. Once planning began there was ongoing assurance through the wait for permits, inspections and tentative wait times. Technicians are competent and friendly even with small requests to check appliances. Call for services or technical support are handled within 24 hours and delays are communicated as an ongoing process. The online monitoring system is gratifying and terrific way to monitor the solar installation."

Highly Recommend SolarMax

The experience with SolarMax has been a very pleasant one. We invited 4 solar companies including Solar City for installation proposals back 2 years ago. We carefully reviewed each proposal, and we decided to go with SolarMax because they gave us the best value and overall experience. The installation process took about 8 months, mostly was due to the design and approvals from city. The installation was completed at the end of April, 2014. As part of the installation, SolarMax replaced all our lights with LED bulbs. This is more than $1000 value that comes with the installation for free. They also installed a monitoring program that we can track production performance. Now it is my new hobby to check how well the production performs on a daily basis. Right after the installation, we can see that our electricity consumption becomes negative. It is an amazing to see that for the very first time. From that point on, my electricity bill goes to zero. SolarMax service is very good too. They have various teams that came to my house for different things. They came in at different phases of the project, including inspection, design, rail installation, panel installation, power Inverter connection, production monitor installation, etc. They are all very professional, and pleasant to deal with. Whenever I have any question, all I have to do is to give them a call. It has been a very pleasant experience with SolarMax. I highly recommend if you are looking at solar energy. This was one of the best things we did to our house.

SolarMax was excellent

The buying experience that I had with SolarMax was excellent in every way. I would strongly recommend that anyone considering a Solar system, or “PV” (Photovoltaic) as it is more correctly called, regard SolarMax as the first choice “go-to” company. First the designer got the math exactly right when he recommended a 33 panel 6.5 Kw system for our 2100 square feet home. Even when the a/c is running the meter has a hard time deciding whether to go forward or backward. It seems to depend on whether a refrigerator is running at the time. Of course, when the thermostat turns the a/c off, the meter goes backwards. Some companies offer a lease deal on PV systems, but I would recommend the purchase option through SolarMax. With a lease deal you do not get the Riverside Public Utilities (“RPU”) rebate, nor the Federal Tax credit that practically wiped out our tax liability for 2013, and of course you will have to keep making the lease payments. As part of the Solarmax purchase deal they offer very affordable low APR financing, and the repayments are lower than the electricity bill you used to pay, so you save money from day one. When the payments are done, you literally get free electricity. My wife and I have expensive Spanish tiles on our roof, but not a single one was broken by the installers. In addition to removing all packing materials and odd scraps of wire, they washed down the whole driveway, so afterwards there was nothing to show they had ever been there. Each panel has a built-in inverter (from DC to AC), so you do not have a great big ugly inverter on the side of your house like the older systems do. The system also has a Wi-Fi feature, so if like me you are interested, you can view performance from your computer. I am told this also offers remote trouble-shooting so they know the problem even before they come out. Not that we have had any problems. All in all, very professional, a system that delivers on its promise, and a great company to do business with.

Our Solar install experience

The short of it is Dan Cooley (my point of contact) went the extra mile for me, and SolarMax got the job done& done well, and we love it! In the longer version: There were some obstacles that had to be overcome. The first one was that I was not willing to put up a solar system on my 25+ year old roof. I was expecting to replace it in the next 6 months but as the best laid plans of mice and men so to speak I was not able to get that done after about 8 months. Dan call to touch base and find out where I was on the project and I told him I was not able to get the roof done yet, he suggested SolarMax could roll the roof into the financing (I am purchasing not leasing). I said deal! Next obstacle was: I wanted a large system that would cover all my power usage, SCE inspected my Electrical panel and said #1 your panel does not have a sticker on it with it’s max rating so they must assume it is maxed at 100watts and that is not big enough. #2 therefore your system will require a larger panel be installed BUT #3 a larger panel will require trenching my power feed line up from its main junction and putting it in a conduit because it is not currently! Well that was out cause they are talking 10’s of thousands of dollars for just that! I assumed we were done and I could not have solar power. Dan said he was sure the electrical panel could handle more than that and set out to prove it. He scoured my neighborhood until he found an Electrical panel with the sticker showing it’s rating and was able to prove to SEC that my panel was large enough and did not need replacing. Thanks Dan for going the extra TWO Miles! Next issue was: I was worried about shading because the neighbor next to me is two story house and has a chimney who’s shadow sweeps a large section of my roof through the day. After working with their engineer we came up with #1 micro inverters and #2 a layout that will work! Next little issue was SolarMax does not do roofing directly so it is of course outsourced. Unfortunately the first roofer sent out was not up to par in my estimation. It only took one call to Dan Coolie expressing my concerns which he took back to SolarMax and that roofer was let go and another roofer was sent. That company did a great job was very professional and the roof looks great, but I will leave them un-named here. All this took some time so the system did not go up on quite the schedule that was originally laid out but it was happening. Next little thing was they ran out of the original panel we were scheduled to get so they bumped us up to the next larger panel at no extra charge. But because we were already getting about as large of a system we could get we would likely lose a few panels to stay within the system max. As it turned out they still passed it so we were very pleased with that! Now the install of the system! The installers showed up on time and were a great group, they did not mind my poking around and watching, asking questions and taking pictures of the whole installation! I liked everything I was seeing and very impressed as to the process. This includes one of my biggest concerns which was leakage where they penetrate the roof for the panel mounts. The way they do it, it will NOT leak! By the way one of the key components in the system are the micro inverters and the ones they use are “The Name Brand” in inverters! When we got permission to operate we found that there was a problem with a group of panels but they were out soon enough to get that fixed (it was just some fittings that needed attention) So it’s all up and been running for 6 months now and it is producing as expected! Yes I recommend Dan Cooley and SolarMax Tech.

For our Church

Roof top Solar 156 SMX 230 Panels with Locus Monitoring. Using both Fronius and Delta inverters. I have met with a few other solar companies, but SolarMax was great and offered a good price on the system. Had the system for only 1 month but so far so good. Monitoring being installed soon, delayed due to my schedule and not being available. Very helpful and informative when questions were asked. Hope to track energy creation soon. Also take advantage of the government tax credit while you can. I will keep you guys updated as I have the panels for a longer period of time.

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I give my unqualified recommendation to solarmax

Excellent service and quility

I am very happy with my system I highly recommend Solar Max and Dan Cooley as he was the person I was working with throwout the whole process.

Solar Review

My wife and I are very happy with the professionalism and service from this company, SolarMax Tech. The entire project took two months which surprised and delighted us extremely. The personnel at the office as well as the technicians on site were all extremely pleasant and knowledgeable. We would happily recommend this company.

Highly recommend solar Max!

Grant Otto came to my home and from the first sitdown appointment to the completion of the job everything has been very professional.

I love Solar Max

Dan Cooley came out to survey my home for solar and did a great job configuring a way to get the maximum panels on my roof. He followed the project all the way through from start to finish and everyone on the team was polite and expedient in all that they did. I leased my panels with no money down, cut my electric bill to single and double digits and have a maintenance contract for the life of the lease at no extra cost to me. Thank you Solar Max and Dan Cooley!!

Solar installation

They installed solar panels in my house. First their sales person was straight forward. I didn't have to haggle with them at all. All other providers reduced their price three times during the discussion. They delivered everything they promised all the way. Their team members are knowledgeable and efficient. Their project manager kept me updated about the project status promptly.

satisfaction

Solar Max, did what they said would be done when they said it would be done. Our panels look good on our roof and the conduit is painted to match our exterior. Solar Maxus workers completed the job to our satisfaction, and we will recommend them to everyone.

AS ADVERTISED

DAN COOLY OF SOLORMAX IS AN " AS ADVERTISED " KIND OF GUY THANKS DAN

Producing More Than I am Using!

I am a natural skeptic and a big pain in the you know what when I am making a purchase. I got 6 bids and chose Solar Max because they have such cheap financing and I did not want to Lease. The installation team was on time every day and did everything they promised. When they found out there was a chance that I might have no power in the house for an entire day, they got a generator to power my refrigerator and they put my family up in a nice hotel. It did take a long time to start the installation after I signed contracts but I was expecting that. Once installation started, it took 3 days (I have large system) and all approvals went smoothly. I opted for the monitoring system so I can watch my power generation but I also go on SDGE website to see how much power I am purchasing each day and so far I haven't had one day where I had to buy power. I am producing more that I need for my house. If you go Solar, give Solarmax Technology a chance. I had a great experience with the sales guy name Bo. He did everything I asked and everything he said he could do so go with Bo.

best solar company

excellent company to work with. they completed the install in 2 days. past city inspection with flying colors. all in house expertise with no outside contractors. no issues during or after installation.

Solar Install

My sales rep Vic Ramirez was very informative and professional. After going through about 8 different meetings and proposals with other vendors, Solarmax just made sense. It was the best choice for me balancing cost, support, ROI.

Sunpower

We are very happy to have sunpower solar panels and got a great price for them. Dan Cooley was a great help! He was always available for any questions we had. The whole process did take a very long time, but they did a great job overall. It was worth the wait.

Beck's Solar Project

Almost completed with our solar project. The panels were just installed. They are installed correctly and it was done professionally. The panels and the flashing look seemless, as if my panels were designed into the roof. During the installation all my concerns were met and the crew (Ethan and Darryl)did a great job. They went well out of their way to accommodate me. They installed the inverter where I wanted (in the garage), asked me about how and where I wanted the conduit to be run. I wanted the conduit to be run down though my basement and they happy obliged even though it was much more work. They also left the job cleaner in a cleaner state then it was in. My sales person (Vic Ramirez) explained all my options and made the process easy. He kept in constant contact with me and was very professional. Every week Vic reported to me on where I was on the project. There were a couple little hiccups in the process but I feel they have been dealt with appropriately. I will refer my friends to this company and especially Vic Remirez my sales person, he acted more like a project manager then anything. I didn't expect him to do much more then help me get signed up for solar.

Overall satisfied

Dan Cooley was very good. Always there to answer any questions we had. The whole process took a long time but we are satisfied with the results.

Residential Solar Panel

The maximum number of panels were installed on my south or west facing roof. I am generating between 25 and 35 kwh each day which keeps me in tier I with SCE. I was impressed with the sales and installation teams who were able to explain and provide answers to most of my questions. There was an initial problem with the installation of the wrong inverter provided by the panel manufacture. After this was corrected the system has exceded my expectation.

Great company

The whole process from start to finish was great! The installers, very professional and listened to my requests. Our sales guy Vic, very well educated and knowledgeable. Have recommended to family and friends.

Sun Power Now

It took a longer time than normal but this was because of the town and their slow permit issue process. Once SolarMax was able to start it went fast and the work was top quality. They responded FAST to all questions and information I needed. I never was left hanging waiting for someone to get back to me. The customer service is the quality you do not find now a day.