Is getting a new fridge actually efficient or is this one of those things that only makes sense when you don't consider the environmental impact of making a new fridge?
I recently bought a new fridge (old one died) and it is a bit more efficient. But there is zero chance that we will save $500 (the price of the new fridge) in electricity cost compared to the old one over the next 10 years.
Something in the water/ice system if it has one will break in 4 years and a repair person will tell you it can't be fixed due to complexity, part availability, etc.
I've seen it happen to like 3-4 of my parents' fridges in the last 20 years. "good" fridge breaks down in some annoying way, gets put into the garage where there's no water hookup anyway where it can seemingly work as a fridge forever. Only gets replaced when more recent good fridge also has a water/ice system issue that the repair people are unable to fix.
The appliance industry runs on bullshit like this.
There are calculators out there for this shit, but effectively it's only potentially worthwhile if your fridge is like >25 years old and using cyclopentane or some shit.
Is getting a new fridge actually efficient or is this one of those things that only makes sense when you don't consider the environmental impact of making a new fridge?
My best appliances are older than I am.
Our best appliances were made before planned obsolescence became an industry standard.
I recently bought a new fridge (old one died) and it is a bit more efficient. But there is zero chance that we will save $500 (the price of the new fridge) in electricity cost compared to the old one over the next 10 years.
Something in the water/ice system if it has one will break in 4 years and a repair person will tell you it can't be fixed due to complexity, part availability, etc.
I've seen it happen to like 3-4 of my parents' fridges in the last 20 years. "good" fridge breaks down in some annoying way, gets put into the garage where there's no water hookup anyway where it can seemingly work as a fridge forever. Only gets replaced when more recent good fridge also has a water/ice system issue that the repair people are unable to fix.
The appliance industry runs on bullshit like this.
There are calculators out there for this shit, but effectively it's only potentially worthwhile if your fridge is like >25 years old and using cyclopentane or some shit.