The testing, reconditioning and servicing of domestic appliances

The paper deals with that section of the supply industry concerned with domestic appliances. Consideration is given to: (a) The protection of the public from the sale of dangerous and unsuitable apparatus. (b) The handling of the large amount of reconditioning work which faces many Areas where there is a high proportion of apparatus on hire. (c) The repair of the many and varied appliances which are the consumers´ own property. (d) The servicing of modern equipment on consumers´ premises. These problems are related to the new circumstances arising out of nationalization, and suggest advantages made possible by a greater degree of centralization of these functions. A novel but untried method of handling small repairs by a continuous production method is discussed.