POWER OF ATTORNEY


	Know all by these presents, that the
undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints each of Mack V. Traynor, III
and Doug
Nesbit, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact
to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the
undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director
of HEI, Inc. (the
"Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules thereunder
("Section 16";

(2)	do and perform any and all
acts for and on behalf
of the undersigned which may be necessary or
desirable to complete and
execute any such Forms 3, 4, and 5 and timely
file such form with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "SEC") and any stock
exchange or similar authority; and


(3)	take any other action of any
type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of
such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or
legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the
documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to this Power of
Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain
such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such

attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to
each
such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any
and
every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be
done in
the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as
fully to
all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying
and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue
of this power of attorney and the rights and poers
herein granted.  The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving
in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor
is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16.

	This
Power of Attorney shall remain in full
force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms
3, 4 and 5 with respect
to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions
in securities issued by
the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused
this Power of Attorney to be executed
as of this 23rd day of September,
2003.






									   /s/ Michael J. Evers

						Signature




									   Michael J. Evers

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