Firepower Limited Warranty

SCOPE OF LIMITED WARRANTY: Firepower, a division of Thermadyne Industries, Inc. (here- inafter, "Seller") warrants that its products are free of defects in workmanship or material. If an autho- rized distributor or the customer of an authorized distributor (hereinafter, collectively, "Purchaser") who purchases Seller's product, notifies Seller within the time set forth below that the product has a defect in workmanship or material even though it has been stored, installed, operated, and maintained in accordance with Seller's specifications, instructions, recommendations and in accordance with rec- ognized standard industry practice, and the product was not misused, repaired, neglected, altered, or damaged, the Seller may repair or replace, in its sole discretion, those parts of the product determined by Seller to be defective in workmanship or material if said defect is not attributable to Purchaser's acts or omissions.

THIS WARRANTY EXCLUDES ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR OTHER WARRANTY OF QUALITY, WHETHER EXPRESSED, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY.

LIMITED WARRANTY PERIOD: Except as otherwise limited below, this limited warranty is effec- tive for twelve months from the date Seller sells the product to an authorized distributor, or for twelve months after an authorized distributor sells the product to its customer, whichever is longer, except that in no event will this warranty exceed eighteen months from the date the product is sold from Seller to an authorized distributor.

Notwithstanding the foregoing,

•Firepower oxygen / acetylene products will be covered by a two-year product replacement warranty

•Firepower plasma cutting equipment will be covered by a one-year (parts & labor) warranty.

•Firepower electric welding machines will be covered by the Firepower 5-2-1 limited warranty.

•5 years on the transformer

•2 years on the welding unit

•1 year on the MIG gun

•Firepower engine-driven welding machines will be covered by a one-year (parts & labor) warranty. Engines will be covered by the manufacturer's warranty.

•Firepower ADF (auto-darkening) welding helmets will be covered by a one-year warranty. Any ADF helmet claims must be made directly to Jackson / Morsafe products, Belmont, MI, 800-253- 7281.

•Firepower welding electrodes, MIG (& flux cored) wire, and brazing rods, although manufactured to AWS Class specifications, are considered perishable items. As, such, these products are sold "as is" and "with faults" and without warranty, either express or implied, including the warranties of mer- chant ability and fitness for a particular purpose.

•Products used in rental applications are warranted for one year from the date sold by the Seller to an authorized distributor, without regard to when they were later sold by the authorized distributor.