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WARRANTY RESERVE
6 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2014
Notes to Financial Statements  
WARRANTY RESERVE

The Company accrues for estimated future warranty costs by establishing a reserve of 2% of fiscal year wind turbine sales and tower sales. The reserve is reduced over the five year warranty period as follows:

 

Year 1 0.1%
Year 2 0.3%
Year 3 0.4%
Year 4 0.5%
Year 5 0.7%
   
Total Warranty Reserve as  a % of Sales 2.0%

 

During the August period, we elected to take an additional one-time reserve related to a quality issue. We are currently estimating the associated expense at $300,000. Warranty reserve balances were as follows at August 31, 2014 and February 28, 2014:

 

  August 31, 2014   February 28, 2014
FY 2011 $ 9,464     $ 16,223  
FY 2012   41,297       55,063  
FY 2013   64,947       79,343  
FY 2014   72,001       38,948  
FY 2015   317,430       0  
Reserve balance $ 505,139     $ 189,577