Abstract:

Key Words Computers, Failure, Quality, Small appliances, Warranty.

Summary and Conclusions Too many failures have occurred in various small appliances and computers during their first six months of use. This high number of failures undermines my belief in the reliability of modern small appliances. Some of the small appliance manufacturers should examine and improve their design, components, production, and reliability methods.

Complete article is available to CALCE Consortium Members.

© IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or to reuse any copyrighted component of this work in other works must be obtained from the IEEE.