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El Dorado Solar Dude

Solar energy system service · Placerville, CA

What the listing shows you

5.0★

10 Google reviews

What it doesn’t

0%

rated 1–2★

typical in Placerville, 0%

Newest review held

Apr 2026

newest held review 4 months old

Google's rating breakdown · all 10 reviews

Rated 1–2★
0%
typical in Placerville, 0%
Posted an update
—
we saw no owner post, which is not the same as none existing
Replies to reviewers
60%
of the 5 reviews we hold

Its one and two star share is level with the typical installer in Placerville. Across California, 788 of the 1,529 installers whose breakdown Google has published carry a higher share than this one.

The percentages are Google’s own arithmetic over every review it holds, not a sample we assembled. Separately we hold 5 review texts for this company, quoted below. Google publishes review ages rather than dates, so every date here is approximate.

Every company we hold in Placerville, on one axis

0% rated 1–2★25%

Each mark is one company we hold in Placerville whose Google breakdown has been read, placed by its share of one and two star reviews. El Dorado Solar Dude is the red one. The amber line is the middle of that set, which includes suppliers and maintenance businesses as well as installers.

What reviewers said

  • 5★ · around April 2026

    Pat is awesome. If you are interested in getting solar he is your guy. He is very professional and knowledgeable in getting you set up with what you need. And kept great communication through the whole process. Highly recommend.

  • 5★ · around November 2025

    The Solar Dude knows solar! He’s on top of regulations, technology and installation. Pat is very easy to communicate with and also quite responsive.

  • 5★ · around October 2025 · the company replied

    Excellent experience with the solar dude professional knowledgeable and efficient from start to finish and great customer service! We are already saving$$$ on our electric bill. Paid $10. Last month

Reviewer names are not published here. Negative reviews are shown first because they are the ones a listing hides, not because they are more representative.

What reviewers keep mentioning

  • knowledgeable staff 3
  • communication 2
  • electrical 2
  • responsive 2
  • easy process 2
  • cost savings 2
  • solar knowledge 2

Topics Google derives from the review text, with how often each appears. A frequent topic is not a good one: “price” turns up in praise and in complaints alike.

What the company says about itself

Taken from its own website. We have not checked any of it, and a sentence on a website is not evidence.

  • Warranty

    “or upfront costs N 25-year equipment warranty N Free maintenance and repairs N…”

  • Years in business

    “availability and responsiveness for over 6 years in the industry. He has helped nearly…”

Elsewhere

  • It is also reviewed on Yelp. Worth reading before you sign anything: those are a different crowd, and the complaints that reach the Better Business Bureau rarely reach Google.
  • It posts on YouTube, LinkedIn and Facebook. A page that stopped posting years ago tells you something a listing will not.

When they say they are open

Sunday
Closed
Monday
7 AM to 8 PM
Tuesday
11 AM to 6 PM
Wednesday
11 AM to 6 PM
Thursday
11 AM to 6 PM
Friday
11 AM to 6 PM
Saturday
10 AM to 5:30 PM

As Google published them when we last read the listing, not a live check. Ring before you drive anywhere.

Other installers around Placerville

1–2★3★4★5★gauge 0–20%typical here, 0%

Ordered by how much we can tell you about each, which is not an order of quality. We do not know which of these is better and would not say if we did.

What we don't know

  • The date above is the newest review we hold, which is not necessarily the newest that exists — we hold a large share of Google's reviews, not all of them.
  • Google publishes no street address for this company, so we cannot say which town it is based in. Placerville is the area its listing was returned for, not an address we hold.
  • We do not verify licences, insurance or bonding. Nothing here has been checked against a state licensing board.
  • We cannot tell you what an installation costs, and we hold nothing about the equipment they fit.

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