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Appliances and Equipment
Failures
Introduction
e failure of appliances or equipment should not be investigated by the forensic engineer
unless there are substantive reasons to do so. Simply because an appliance or a piece of
equipment fails, it may not be investigated. For example, if a refrigerator stops working aer
20 years of service, it probably would not be analyzed for the cause of the failure because its
warranty would have run its course and because its life expectancy of the refrigerator may
be over. e warranty period for equipment varies from state to state and may be related to
the statutes of repose for a particular state in ...