Fit fast blow fuses inside sealed double insulated appliances that will fail from metal fatigue. (Why did they do this???
• Manufacture equipment as a collection of modules – example. Optics train in certain models of projectors – instead of replacing just a hot mirror ($15 or so) you have to replace the lot! (All optics and LCD screen etc as a module) Now, try getting the poor serviceman to explain why the projector that cost the customer $5,000 costs $3,000 to fix. • Encourage consumers to purchase the cheapest items so when someone does make a good product, no one will buy it, and the company will go out of business. • Make your spare parts very expensive or do not bother with having spare parts available. • When the prototype has been built and working correctly, start removing components until it fails to work properly. Then manufacture it with the minimum parts required to make it work. In mid production run, change selected over designed components to their border line equivalents. • If a government regulating agency forces a major recall due to a severe fire hazard, close the current brand name, a
