Did you know that all new refrigerators sold in the US have only a one year
warranty on the compressor? That's not because they last longer, it's
because, on average, the compressors last less than five years. Five years
used to be the warranty standard until a few years ago. The manufacturers
were going broke replacing compressors under the 5 year warranty.

Our high end Jennair lasted 3 years. $ 600 to replace the compressor.

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Walter
www.rationality.net
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"mike" wrote in message
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My refrigerator is 36 years old. Still going strong, but
if you believe published efficiency numbers, it's costing
me a hundred bux a year more than it would for a new one.
Payback calculations depend on your assumptions for the
time value of money and inflation in energy cost. Just looking
at the cash flow, the break even point is 7 years or so.
Looks marginal, but let's save the planet. Off
I went to look at refrigerators.

While chatting with the guy at Sears, he "disclosed" that
the smaller compressors run much longer at higher pressure
and they only
last 6 to 7 years. If true, that negates all the savings.

Is there any relevant data relating to service life of the
newer, high-efficiency home refrigerators?
mike