In late 1985, JRL Electric Supply Company opened up our doors and made our first purchase and sale working out of our garage in Lakeview Terrace, California. We started with $3,000.00 and a beat up old truck. We were so excited and the founders, Joe and Mary, have worked side by side ever since. We have been a family run company and remain so today. We had three young children at the time we opened, and they used to clean circuit breakers for ice cream money. They also collected all of the copper that was received from job sites. To this very day, JRL is still family operated with two of our children running the company. We take much pride in what we do, and it is very important to remember that circuit breakers are important protective devices. One of our fondest thoughts about our family is when three generations of our family are at the shop. The children run around playing, and they are always eager to help. Recently at a family get together, we all chuckled as we remembered when JRL Electric Supply, Inc. started business with $3,000.00 and a beat up truck. JRL has grown since those days, and we are so grateful.
To give you an idea what was happening when we started in 1985Ronald Reagan was president
The Number 1 Movie was Back to the Future
The San Francisco 49ers won the Super Bowl
The Kansas City Royals won the World Series
The Number 1 Movie was Back to the Future
The Average price of Gasoline was $1.12
Microsoft 1.0 was released
An ounce of Gold was $327.00
The Number 1 Song starting in 1985 was Like a Virgin
Pee Wee Herman’s Pee Wee’s Big Adventure came out