Reliability Engineering for Maintenance Sudden Death Testing Reliability Engineering for MaintenanceReliability EngineeringWhy: Sudden death testing is all about the economics and shorter elapsed time for results. When: Sudden death testing is used for product acceptance tests. Where: It is a quick test for many products and the on-going test for production lots. These definitions are written by H. Paul Barringer and are also posted on his web site at www.barringer1.comReturn to Reliability Tools