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Post by gato on Jan 23, 2024 6:34:50 GMT -5
Many of us here have commented on large appliances; how long they're expected last vs actual useful life. I thought the following was interesting:
Here are the average life expectancies for several home appliances according to the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, a trade group latest data:
Gas range: 14.2 years
Electric range: 11.6 years
Top-freezer refrigerator: 14 years
Side-by-side refrigerator: 11.1 years
Dishwasher: 12 years
Dryer: 13.4 years
Top-load washer: 11.2 years
Front-load washer: 9.1 years
I have some of these gizmos that I bought in the last century, that are still working fine. I wonder if someone puts out data on appliances made "back then," vs appliances produced today?
The wife and were idly browsing in the appliance section of a large chain store, and got to talking with the young lady in charge of nudging customers to buy. She commented that the washers / dryers with all the electronic bells and whistles have crappy electronics that are the first feature to fail.
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Post by oldnjplayer on Jan 23, 2024 7:27:46 GMT -5
sadly those numbers have been my experience. I try to buy the most basic appliances I can with minimum electronics, no digital clocks timers etc. Last washer and dryer I bought was made by Speed Queen. Hard to find at that time because of low demand, yet these were the popular units at commercial laundromats. Basic units dials no digital readouts large capacity. Will see how well they hold up. Remember reading about the concept of "Planned Obsolescence" years ago. Still very much in practice these days.
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Post by ninworks on Jan 23, 2024 8:22:25 GMT -5
Anything with a microprocessor can be, and likely is, programmed to fail either by design or the known life expectancy of the components it's made with. It's uncanny how things tend to break just after the warranty expires.
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Post by HenryJ on Jan 23, 2024 8:43:09 GMT -5
I suspect product lives are getting shorter and shorter. We have had our water heater ever since we moved into this house in 1985. It will be 39 years old this summer.
It's really true that "they don't make 'em like they used to."
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Post by matryx81 on Jan 23, 2024 10:27:28 GMT -5
Based on this, I may need a washer in 2 years.
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Post by Leftee on Jan 23, 2024 10:42:36 GMT -5
We're living on the edge here.
Washer and drier - front loaders with the "technology" - 18 y/o.
Water heater - original to the house - 19 y/o
Dishwasher - 15 y/o (original caught fire)
Stovetop - 19 y/o
Oven - 19 y/o
There fridge was replaced a few years ago only because the original had a design flaw that caused frozen coils.
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Jan 23, 2024 11:39:13 GMT -5
My washer and dryer are old and I've rendered repairs on the dryer myself to keep it limping along. My fridge is pretty old too and I've had it repaired once when still under the original home warranty when we bought the house. Almost daily the water dispenser line freezes up and I have to thaw it out with hot water injected from a gizmo I bought on Amazon (works great). My water heater is original (2006) and I've been rolling the dice not getting it replaced. It's in the attic and a leak would be a bad, bad thing.
I dread having to venture into modern appliance replacement.
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Post by rok-a-bill-e on Jan 23, 2024 13:54:55 GMT -5
Beware appliance requiring wifi access (for future software updates of course) as I read where a guy discovered that his refrigerator was using lots of data, daily. Why an appliance needs a data plan is beyond me. I really don't want an email telling me that my milk has expired.
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Post by gato on Jan 23, 2024 15:02:43 GMT -5
My washer dryer stack has been plugging away since 1999. A couple of years ago one of the plastic knobs broke, requiring extensive repair (15 seconds / glue). Other than that, not a whisper of trouble.
Water heater ... same one that was in the house when I bought it in 2002. No idea how many years it was in place before that. It grumbles after a shower, but that's it.
The idea of having a wi-fi enabled toaster conspiring with the garage door opener ... no thanks.
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