It all started in 1976

The Power Source was started by my Dad and Walt Cherry in 1976, to be a distributor for Eagle-Picher and stock their sealed lead acid batteries.  Abbott Engineering at the time was a manufacture's Rep that my Dad started in the 1960's which represented Eagle-Picher among other companies like Cherry Electric. Eagle-Picher believed that they needed a stocking distributor and Abbott Engineering was not able to find a suitable partner so a company was born.  I was still in high school then and thought nothing of The Power Source, except I remember them naming the company one Saturday morning in my parents kitchen and the name was sure to be a winner.   As the years went by other lines were added, Power Sonic and Basler were early on.  Later we added, Sanyo Batteries, Panasonic Batteries, Ultralife Batteries, Evergreen, Universal Power Renata Batteries. Then when Basler went out of the Class two plugin business we added Potter Signal, (Amseco) and Honeywell. 
Much of the business had been customer driven, a customer has a project and we are asked to help with prototypes or samples and then pricing and delivery.  By keeping inventory for a particular customer we are able to support the fast pace that Silicon Valley has come to be know for.  Batteries are like vegetables they got to be fresh, so you have to watch your inventory and know what lead times are running.  We also try and direct customers to the most cost effective solutions so we will often suggest something that we know is a high runner, that way the customer will be able to take advantage of efficiencies in the market place.  It takes experts who deal with particulars parts to guide engineering into the most cost effective battery solution. We we are selling Sealed Lead Acid batteries or a custom battery assembly the customer always comes first.  Without the customer where would we be?