CIRCUIT BREAKER SALES ACQUIRES BERTHOLD ELECTRIC POWER SERVICES
As part of its ongoing expansion to better serve its customers, Circuit Breaker Sales Co., Inc. (CBS) has acquired Berthold Electric Power Services from Gus Berthold Electric Co. The business has been integrated into CBS and will continue serving the Midwest from its existing Chicago and St. Louis service centers and with its existing management and personnel.
Operating as CBS, the business will continue to provide quality maintenance, repair, remanufacturing and testing of low- and medium voltage switchgear and circuit breakers. In addition to performing these services in its modern, fully equipped service centers, the business also provides on-site preventive maintenance services and emergency on-call services.
Circuit Breaker Sales, a Group CBS company, is headquartered in a modern 200,000 square foot facility in Gainesville, Texas; and in addition to the new Chicago and St. Louis service centers has additional service centers in Lakeland, Florida and Crown Point, Indiana. For more detailed information about Circuit Breaker Sales, please visit our website at https://www.CircuitBreaker.com.
If you’re trying to reach Gus Berthold Electric, please visit them at https://BertholdElectric.com.
CIRCUIT BREAKER & SWITCHGEAR REPAIR, MAINTENANCE & UPGRADE SERVICES
REPAIR – REMANUFACTURE – RECONDITION – TEST
In our Chicago and St. Louis service centers, we have the experienced engineers and skilled technicians to professionally repair, remanufacture, and recondition your low- and medium-voltage circuit breakers and other power distribution equipment. Your equipment is returned with full documentation of test results and equipment performance.
LIFE EXTENSION – RETROFIT – RETROFILL SERVICES
We can extend the useful life of your obsolete, underrated, or hard-to-maintain circuit breakers and other power distribution equipment. These services include providing solid-state trip units, raising interrupting capacity, increasing equipment reliability, and matching your existing switchgear lineup.
Using retrofit and retrofill solutions, we can upgrade or replace your older electrical equipment and help ensure its safe operation and uptime. An example is replacing obsolete circuit breakers with modern circuit breakers while utilizing the existing switchboard.
INSPECTIONS – TESTING – MAINTENANCE
Our on-site maintenance services include visual inspections, mechanical verification checks, electrical testing, maintenance and repair of your low- and medium-voltage switchgear, including circuit breakers and other power distribution equipment. These maintenance services will reduce the risk of having an outage or an accident, and will optimize the reliability, safety, and efficiency of your facility.
In addition to performing these maintenance services, we can also repair, modify, and upgrade your older but serviceable switchgear.
Not sure which equipment needs maintenance or how often? We can help you develop a maintenance program for your facility by taking into consideration your critical equipment, the facility environment, and your budgetary concerns.
24/7 ELECTRICAL EMERGENCY SUPPORT
From our Chicago and St. Louis service centers we provide 24/7 after-hours and on-site emergency support in the Midwest when an unscheduled outage or natural disaster strikes. Call 800-657-6646. Nationwide emergency support is available from other Circuit Breaker Sales locations and Group CBS companies located across the country.

We provide new, surplus, obsolete, and remanufactured circuit breakers, switchgear, unit substations, transformers and other electrical power distribution equipment. As part of Circuit Breaker Sales and as a Group CBS affiliate, we have immediate access to thousands of low- and medium-voltage circuit breakers.
Check our extensive surplus and reconditioned inventory online or contact us directly at 800-657-6646 to request availability and pricing.
RENEWAL PARTS

Replacement parts are our specialty and we inventory new, surplus, and remanufactured parts for your low- and medium-voltage circuit breakers and switchgear. We furnish parts for new as well as obsolete equipment.
If your parts aren’t available from our in-house stock, as a part of Circuit Breaker Sales and a Group CBS affiliate, we have immediate access to millions of replacement and repair parts for all types of electrical equipment.

We can duplicate existing bus, build from your drawings, or come to your location to measure. When it comes to copper bus fabrication, we’re the experts! We have the capability to shear, bend, and punch bus bar through 3/8 inch x 6 inches.
- Switchgear Additions
- Restorations
- Upgrades
- Emergency Repairs
About Circuit Breaker Sales Co., Inc.
Circuit Breaker Sales Co., Inc., a Group CBS company, specializes in the sale and service of low- and medium-voltage circuit breakers and other electrical power distribution equipment. From our modern, 200,000-square-foot facility, we provide new, surplus, obsolete, and remanufactured electrical equipment and replacement parts from the largest inventory in the U.S. We have service centers in Lakeland, Florida; Crown Point, Indiana; Chicago, Illinois and St. Louis, Missouri.
Harness the Power of Group CBS, Inc.
Headquartered in Addison, Texas, Group CBS has affiliated companies throughout the U.S. and in the U.K. We provide premier products and unparalleled capabilities and services to the industrial, utility, electrical distribution, and repair markets. If it’s electrical, we have it! We’re the one-stop for all your electrical apparatus sales, service, and engineering requirements.

You can count on Circuit Breaker Sales
Call today and put exceptional performance to work for your company.
Toll free: 800-657-6646
Chicago Service Center
Circuit Breaker Sales
455 B Shepard Drive
Elgin, Illinois 60123
Local: 847-697-8720
Fax: 847-695-0965
St. Louis Service Center
Circuit Breaker Sales
3397 Blue Bunting Road
Pickneyville, Illinois 62274
Local: 618-357-6300
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