Jules wrote:
On Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:23:50 -0700, Part timer wrote:
We had a Zanussi fridge/freezer dating from 1988 pack up 18 months
ago. Replaced it with a Bosch Classixx with far better efficiency (so
if it lasts as long as the one it replaced, the money saved on the
leccy bill will "pay" for it).

I think my hand-wavy calculations led me to believe a new one would need
to last a decade in order to pay for itself in energy savings, and
I didn't have much faith in any modern company either building
something that'd last that long or still being around in such a
*vast* time period :-)

(Our Whirlpool fridge/freezer's comfortably over 30 years old now and
still going strong - parts still seem to be readily available for when it
does eventually have issues)

cheers

Jules

Basic ffs are really very reliable, its only when you get into frost
frees that things go wrong. 1970s... you're spending a lot of money
you needn't. Even comparing an old one given for free with a brand new
machine the new one's cheaper.


NT