Home Appliances & Equipment

In most home we commonly find the following appliances and equipment being used or installed:-

A. HOME APPLAINCES

1) Iron - for ironing clothes
2) Kettle - for boiling water
3) Oven - Microwave or Toaster
4) Shower Heater
5) Refrigerators
6) Electrical Juice Blenders
7) Thermoflask - either electrical or non-electrical
8) Electric Cooker / Gas Cooker / Hob
9) Washing Machine / Dryer


B. HOME EQUIPMENT

1) TV - CRT, Plasma or LCD, Radio
2) HiFi System, Home Theater System
3) Air-Conditioning System, Heating System
4) Electric Fan
5) Security Alarm System
6) Personal Computer (PC) System

Note that such appliances or equipment need electricity to operate and are subject to breakdowns one way or the other. Some equipment are built to last whilst others tend to breakdown faster under normal usage. Especially those consist of many electronics components. Take for example, the iron, refrigerator, TV, washing machine, fan & air conditioning. These equipment tends to last much longer if use properly. Electronics equipment like TV, LCD TV, security alarm system, Microwave oven, PC System and home theater system tends to breakdown easily even if used in the normal way. However, this equipment comes with a minimum 1-year warranty or some large retailers allowed extended warranty if a fee is paid to extend it. Hence, we still have avenues to sought if it breaks down within the warranty period.

Personally, I find it worthwhile to top up a little amount of money to extend the warranty as the amount paid is significantly smaller if spread over a period of 3 to 5 years. Say the items breakdown after 2 years, the cost of each repair is very great as compared to the extented warranty cost. Recently, I experienced such a situation where my NoteBook brokedown and the repair cost came to about S$900.00. Fortunately, this item had an extended warranty up to 5 years and I only paid about S$100.00 to extend it from 3 to 5 years. So see the difference!