I see that somebody else has suggested otherwise wrt water heaters, but
I do recall car batteries being sold with varying-length warranties, and
as far as I could see it was the same battery, but they punched a
different warranty expiration date depending on the price paid.

MB


On 01/04/04 08:22 pm I-zheet M'drurz put fingers to keyboard and
launched the following message into cyberspace:br

I have read in this newsgroup that water heaters with 12
year warranties cost about $100 more than heaters with a 6
year warranty.

Wise old man once explained it to me: There is no difference
betwen those two water heaters, in a physical sense. Nothing
except the model number and warranty length. Just like most
things on earth, it's possible to generate mortality tables
and *know* how long a water heater should last. The $100 is
simply an extended warranty. It's all in the tables.