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Product Warranties (Notes)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Product Warranties [Abstract]  
Product Warranty Disclosure [Text Block]
Product Warranties
The Company provides product warranties with varying terms and durations for the majority of its products. The Company estimates its warranty reserve by considering historical and projected warranty claims, historical and projected cost-per-claim and knowledge of specific product issues that are outside its typical experience. The Company records warranty expense in cost of sales. Product warranty claims not expected to occur within one year are recorded in the long-term portion of the warranty reserve in the consolidated balance sheets.
The following table represents changes in the Company’s consolidated warranty reserve:
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Beginning balance
$
33,827

 
$
44,486

 
$
13,181

Warranty expense
14,463

 
17,486

 
12,494

Warranty usage
(24,044
)
 
(28,359
)
 
(18,222
)
Acquired warranty reserves
—

 
214

 
37,033

Ending balance
$
24,246

 
$
33,827

 
$
44,486


Warranty expense for 2014 does not include the impact of the Company’s recovery of $5,003 during 2014 from an escrow settlement relating to excess warranty costs for certain product lines acquired from AirSep in 2012.