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    Very heavy light shade, would have been dangerous had it fallen.

    A contractor friend found and suggested Max because of their experience with knob & tube wiring. The overhead kitchen fixture was flickering and the bulbs had just been replaced a month or so before. I was terrified Max would try to get me to replace the entire electrical installation. To the contrary, electrician Lukas checked the fixture to find that the bulbs were not screwed in properly, and the dimmer switch on the bulb was turned down to low. Of course I felt like an idiot, but way better than needing a new electrical installation. Additionally, he discovered that 2 out of 3 supports on the very heavy glass shade were bad, making it very dangerous. He did not put the shade back for that reason. He installed a dimmer on the light switch, which is much more logical and effective. When I tried it out, the connected light above the sink started flickering. Another dumb find: I had put in a non-dimmable bulb. Lukas replaced all the bulbs with the proper replacements so I could have warm white and no flickering. Best case scenario! Lukas was polite, friendly, professional and worked really, really fast. Everything works perfectly now, and the knob & tube gets to stay. Highly recommend this company based on today's experience.

    TLDR: Electrician Pedro Rivera blew out a fuse box while installing a light fixture. This caused the electricity in a closet, tv room and bedroom to go out. Instead of accepting responsibility and repairing the fuse box, Pedro and a manager both lied and said that the power was already not working in the 3 rooms before the light fixture was installed. I called Max Electric to have the pull chain on a light fixture in my bedroom closet fixed. They recommended replacing the light fixture instead. I agreed. The electrician, Pedro Rivera, then came to my house and installed the new light fixture in my closet. After he installed the light fixture, he asked for the location of the main electrical panel, because the installed light was not working. He flipped the breakers, but the power to the light was still not working. At this point, we also realized that the power had gone out in a downstairs closet, a downstairs TV room, and for the rest of the bedroom where the closet had been located. Pedro quickly realized the problem. My house was built in 1925 and still has knob-and-tube wiring. While installing the light, he had blown a fuse box that was somewhere in the wall lying between the lights and the main electrical panel. To restore power to the bedroom, the downstairs TV room, and the downstairs closet, he had to find the fuse box and replace the fuse. To his credit, he looked for the fuse box for a couple of hours. However, he never found it. In order to give me temporary power, he installed a cable between a working socket and a socket in the tv room that lacked power. I have attached a picture of this. Later, a manager said Pedro should not have done this because it was a fire hazard. Pedro left for the day. Two days later, a manager and a workman came out and also looked for the fuse box. They couldn't find it. But instead of accepting responsibility, they lied and said the power in the downstairs closet, the downstairs train room, and the upstairs bathroom had never been working, and that Pedro had not caused the damage. In their defense, I have an old house with knob and tube wiring. Pedro made a simple mistake in assuming that the light fixture he was installing was directly attached to a main service panel as opposed to a fuse box. He and other people spent hours looking for the fuse box to repair it. But in the end, instead of taking responsibility for their error, they lied and have left my house without power in three rooms.

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    Everything went smooth and well. Estimate, communication and performed work. 10/10, would recommend 100 %

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    Great, considered service with fast turnaround. Couldn't be happier with their performance.

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    Replaced a light with a ceiling fan. Was able to do so quickly and helped replace the switch as well. 10/10

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