How long should a fridge last for...

[bright.ton42]

I've had my Westinghouse for 8 years and it's finally carked it - after a costly repair last year. 

Just wondering -  I'm sure in the last generation fridges used to last a lot longer. 

What are others experiences?

[bright.ton42]

:^O

[carls*world]

kelvinator were owned by email.

Parts were in SA but moved off shore a few years ago

They were just Kelvinator in their own right prior to the Email/Simpson/Westinghouse etc thing.

Had that huge complex in Woodville Nth all to themselves.

And one small section is maintained by a "Kelvinator fridge appreciation group" with about 20 various old fridges gathered in a little store room.
Saw that when we leased the section next door for a year. Each one labeled with it's year, model etc.

[monman12]

And the thermal efficiency of the "good old days" frig (sans "D") was ?. Large heavy cabinet small interior "nasty" refrigerants.

And the refrigerants used  were HCFs, and the cabinets  used CFC-bearing insulation.

And the yearly power consumption was? A 70's model frig (sans "D") used twice as much power for the same result compared with a modern frig (sans "D")

[*mrgrizz*]

And the thermal efficiency of the "good old days" frig (sans "D") was ?. Large heavy cabinet small interior "nasty" refrigerants.

And the refrigerants used  were HCFs, and the cabinets  used CFC-bearing insulation.

And the yearly power consumption was? A 70's model frig (sans "D") used twice as much power for the same result compared with a modern frig (sans "D")

yeh but power cost less

and people only had one fridge

[cherry*135]

frig (sans D):^O

[cherry*135]

fridge
noun /frɪdʒ/ (also refrigerator , US old-fashioned ice-box)

Definition
a piece of kitchen equipment which uses electricity to preserve food at a cold temperature

Don't forget to put the milk back in the fridge.

(Definition of fridge noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

[the_hawk*]

Modern fridges are a joke with how long they last and how much they cost.

We still have as our main fridge a Whirlpool that was a 21st present as our main fridge and have often thought about upgrading it but havent been game to after hearing to horor stories about the so called modern fridge.

Most of the reason modern fridges fail is that they use what is known as bundy tubing

This is a steel tubing with a protected coating where as the old fridges used solid copper tubing.

The problem is further made worse by them placing these tubes inside the Cabinet covered in foam insulation, these tubes get condensation them that cause the steel tubing to rust throw making your very expensive fridge a piece of junk.

I also have my Gran mothers fridge in the shed as a beer fridge that she bought when I was a wee whipper snapper, its a Westinghouse, I stripped and sprayed it some 30 years ago and it sits there today looking like new and working perfectly and will most likely out last me.  

so to answer your question

a new fridge 6 -10 years

an old fridge forever

[lakeland27]

the kirby rotafrig i use as backup was made in 1947. it has one problem, the seals are hard so it isn't as airtight causing it to run-on. the door seals are the same rubber extrusion as morris minor door seals /draught excluder . still, 66 years old is not bad.

[the_hawk*]

the kirby rotafrig i use as backup was made in 1947. it has one problem, the seals are hard so it isn't as airtight causing it to run-on. the door seals are the same rubber extrusion as morris minor door seals /draught excluder . still, 66 years old is not bad.

have you looked at some aftermarket seals they make now, it could be a good investment with the price of power now

[kayza40]

When I left OH I took the new fridge and he is using the late '70's fridge.  It was when the side by side fridge/freezer types came out.  It's still going, looks ugly and rusty though. 

My last new fridge lasted the normal 10yrs.