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I'm genuinely curious: Have you compared their efficiency levels with newer appliances?

• gumby 4y ago
  I have not. I suspect the fridge would be a good upgrade, but probably not the others. Even if efficiency had improved, the cap ex of replacing it would probably take a long time to pay off.
• unwind 4y ago
  I was at a mini-lecture about how to save energy in small houses, and the lecturer stated that a 10 year old fridge uses 2X the power of a modern one. For a 15-year old fridge that goes up to 3X. I have not researched this to verify but have no reason to doubt it.
• bryceacc 4y ago
  I've monitored the electricity usage of the original 30yr old fridge my house has. It uses about 980kwh a year with today's energy prices costing about $400. If I got a new generic fridge ($630) with the energy star rating of 332kwh a year, that would save a whopping $265 a year. That's a 2.5yr break even. If you get a fancy fridge costing double the price and using double the energy it doesn't make as much sense
  • teawrecks 4y ago
    And that's not even considering the cost of being less repairable.
  • Our_Benefactors 4y ago
    2.5year break even seems pretty fantastic actually. I did the math on replacing my boiler and it was something like between 12-15 years to pay back.