Office location: 20640 Bahama St, Los Angeles CA, 91311
10/06/2022
Mr Valley
North Hollywood, CA
I don’t post many reviews but this one I feel obliged to write so other people don’t have to go through what my family and I have gone through. PacificSky Solar has cost my family time, money and extreme stress. I will clearly describe why you should NOT choose PacificSky Solar for your solar panel installation. Most importantly they cannot be trusted. They have proven that time and time again. 1. Not saving money: A main reason I installed solar, which the company sold it to me as, was that this would save us money and that we would be self-sufficient electricity wise, this did not happen but the opposite. My max production capacity during the best months of the year (live in the Valley) is about 900 KWh / month. The problem is that my need during the hottest months amount to about 1,200 KWh / month (1 EV car) which means that I must pay additionally to LADWP every month. I will never save any surplus to my LADWP NEM Bank which means that I will constantly have to buy additional electricity from LADWP throughout the year. All in all, this means that due to the fixed financing cost of the system I hardly save any money at all during the summer months, and I will lose money during the winter months compared to not having solar panels at all!! I had to spend a lot of time making sure nothing was wrong with my solar meter, LADWP account, my power production etc. A lot of fact finding. I got no support they were just blaming someone else all the time. All this despite providing actual LADWP invoices and actual electricity usage up until a few months before the installation date. A major mistake. 2. Damaged my roof during install: My install was finalized in November 2021 just in the beginning of the rain season in Los Angeles. After the solar panel install my roofer did a yearly review of the roof and noticed several major mistakes. During the install they had broken 16 tiles that had not been replaced. In some cases, they had just tried to glue the tile pieces together. Several cases of lack of sealing/water proofing after drilling directly into the roof. This is just a few examples of the problems they created. They never notified me about this but just left the roof as is. My roofer said that it was a severe safety issue (roof can completely cave-in after a few years) and risk of water leaks (roof completely open in some areas). 3. Water leaks: And surprise surprise I got water leaks in my kitchen/living room ceiling (multiple times) first time while away on vacation. They needed to come back twice to fix the roof and replace the tiles and repaint the whole inside of the ceiling. I have still not had the chance to confirm that everything is OK with the roof. 4. Scratched solar panel installed: One solar panel was completely scratched up, but they went ahead and installed it anyway. Had to complain to have it replaced. I wish you all the best with your solar panel install. For your sake go with another vendor. For all of you that have done an install with PacificSky Solar please call your roofer and do an inspection of your roof asap.
System size (kW): 900
Year installed: 2021