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Continued from page 6 Who started the business and when? - Barry Maggard and Jerry Maggard (brothers) opened

Breaker Hunters in the spring of 2001. After being in the mining business for years, they decided to try the circuit breaker and motor starter business. They took the leap and have been exceeding for 20 years+ now.

Who is current President/Owner how did they acquire the business and when? - Barry president/co-owner of BHI and has been from the start. When the company began Barry and Jerry were partners, until spring of 2017 when Jerry retired and his son, Jason, took his role in the company and now is the shop manager/co-owner.

What is your current location? Do you have any other locations? - We currently have one location which is in Cedar Bluff,

Va.

How big is your warehouse sq ft? - Currently our premises is 6,000 sq ft.

What types of electrical equipment do you deal in? - BHI deals with low voltage circuit breakers, motor starters, mining and obsolete breakers and other electrical parts and accessories.

Do you service the electrical equipment needs of electricians, electrical contractors, dealers, distributors, and facility maintenance personnel Nationwide? - Yes, all the above. We actually provide products

Worldwide.

Why do you feel your customers keep coming back? - Our customers come to us because we have product knowledge, excellent customer service and a need to help each customer get exactly what the need. We like to think we go the extra mile for both new and recurring customers!

Tell us about your sales and technical staff? - Our team is made up of friendly and knowledgeable sales members along with our highly trained technicians.

Anything you specialize in? - BHI specializes in Eaton mining or industrial circuit breakers and Square D circuit breakers and motor starters and classic Westinghouse circuit breakers and motor starters. If someone wants to buy from you what are some ways that they could get in contact? - BHIs staff is available Monday – Friday 8am-5pm EST, however we are very quick to respond to emails, chats/messages after hours. You can reach us by calling 1-877-963-4543, by emailing, by chatting via the support on our website breakerhunters.com, or the old fashion way if you’re local to our area and swing by our office located at 520 Claypool Hill Mall Road,

Cedar Bluff VA 24609.

Do you have an eBay store? - We do, breakerhuntersinc. We have thousands of products available for purchase.

Do you stock any new electrical equipment? - Yes, industrial molded case circuit breakers, motor starters and other electrical parts. We offer a one-year warranty on both new and recondition products. All reconditioned products are put through a rigorous rebuilding process.

Are you a part of PEARL? - BHI has been a member with PEARL (Professional

Electrical Apparatus Recycle League) since fall of 2014.

Do you offer continued training for your employees? - PEARL certified training courses and electrical safety/electrical maintenance training through AVO.

Anything new you are working on? - BHI is currently looking to partner with Amazon to become a retailer and expand our web-based sales.

Are you hiring? - Currently we are not hiring however we periodically have positions come available.

Future plans for the company? - We hope to expand our current facility within the one to two years. Then within five years we plan to branch out to other locations in our surrounding area.

I would like to thank Breaker Hunters for taking the time to be interviewed and for being a long-time customer. If you have something exciting happening at your company, please let me know and we would love to share your news with all of our readers. James Elliott Electrical Advertiser jamese@electricaladvertiser.com

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