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I have a 2nd fridge in my garage, an old philco one - still running perfectly, 365 days a year for almost 70 years. Never needed a repair in the 25 years I have
by ejb999 4y ago
I have a 2nd fridge in my garage, an old philco one - still running perfectly, 365 days a year for almost 70 years. Never needed a repair in the 25 years I have owned it.
- JoeAltmaier 4y agoThrow it away! It is costing more in annual electricity than a new one. Never mind it's old; it's insulation is worthless and its compressor is very inefficient.
- jtbayly 4y agoIs this a joke?! Are you a fridge salesman or something? You do understand that many of us would pay more for that fridge and gladly pay way more in electricity to have it perform its job reliably, right?
- JoeAltmaier 4y agoReplaced my 30yo appliances. My electric bill dropped in half. Sure you have the resources to burn all the electricity you want for convenience, you do you.
- jtbayly 4y agoBut how much did that cost, and how long ago was it? Have you recouped the cost yet? I ask because if it’s a 5 year payback, that’s ignoring the cost of food spoilage from your new fridge that quits after 6 years.
- carapace 4y agoThe idea is to have inexpensive refrigerators that use less energy and last many decades. (And when they are superseded by even more efficient models there should be a clear recycle/reuse "exit" for the old appliances. I hear they have laws to that effect over in Germany, something like that. Keeps the old obsolete appliances out of the landfill.)
- kwhitefoot 4y agoWe have laws like it in Norway too. Old appliances can be taken to the local recycling centre or to any shop that sells appliances of the same general type. All shops that sell electrical goods have to be willing to take back discarded appliances even if they did not sell that specific article or even brand.
- ejb999 4y agotaking them back is good, I guess, but if they take them back and then throw them into a landfill, what has been accomplished?
- carapace 4y agoNo, that's the whole point (as far as I understand it): the manufacturers can't just throw it in a landfill, the law says they have to e.g. disassemble it and reuse or recycle the parts.
- ejb999 4y agobaloney - what is the cost to the environment of producing, transporting and then throwing away a refrigerator every 7-10 years? How about the gas used for the service calls? My old fridge is running perfectly, and costs me less than $10-$15/month. A typical modestly price refrigerator these days cost $1000 at home depot (and easily more) - even if I could cut electricity by 50%, saving 7.50 a month in electric, a typical new fridge won't even last long enough to justify the savings..
- JoeAltmaier 4y ago70 years old? Really?
- ejb999 4y agoyes, amazingly it really is - built in the early 1950's and still works perfectly. Not pretty enough to keep in the house anymore, but still hums away day after day. They truly don't make them like they used to.
- winrid 4y agoCompressor efficiency hasn't changed much actually. Insulation, probably, is where most of the energy savings come from.