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Old 12-07-2011, 08:34 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by IDZRVIT View Post
Engineers express this as a 'bathtub' curve. Probability of a failure is high when new. If it doesn't fail then the probability for failure throughout its life drops until the end of its normal service life whereupon it rises again. Hence, a bathtub shaped curve.
Yep. It has been my experience with everything I have owned with 2 or more moving parts.
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