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Product Warranty Costs | 3 Months Ended
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Nov. 30, 2012
Product Warranty Costs | Note 5. Product Warranty Costs The Company generally offers its customers a warranty on products they purchase, although warranty periods vary by product type and application. During the three months ended November 30, 2011, the warranty reserve was reduced by $5.7 million, the result of a purchase accounting adjustment to Mastervolt’s initial estimated warranty reserve. The reserve for future warranty claims is based on historical claim rates and current warranty cost experience. The following is a rollforward of the accrued product warranty reserve (in thousands):
|  | Three Months Ended November 30, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Beginning balances |  | $ | 12,869 |  |  | $ | 23,707 |
Purchase accounting adjustment |  |  | — |  |  |  | (5,719 | )
Provision for warranties |  |  | 2,417 |  |  |  | 2,491 |
Warranty payments and costs incurred |  |  | (3,096 | ) |  |  | (2,903 | )
Impact of changes in foreign currency rates |  |  | 271 |  |  |  | (1,109 | )
Ending balances |  | $ | 12,461 |  |  | $ | 16,467 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for standard and extended product warranties and other product guarantee contracts, including a tabular reconciliation of the changes in the guarantor's aggregate product warranty liability for the reporting period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 460 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 8 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6398077&loc=d3e12565-110249 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name FASB Interpretation (FIN) -Number 45 -Paragraph 14 -Subparagraph a, b -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. + Details
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