What is the average life expectancy of a Fridge - Freezer...

theonlywayisup

BertieUK wrote: »

Can anyone say what could have happened if we had been away on holiday when this happened as we are now concerned, thank you.

No one can say for sure and I'm sure none of us want to guess. Thank goodness it didn't happen.

newatc

Our Electrolux fridge freezer is 40 years old. I guess it will need to be replaced soon but I am satisfied we've got our money's worth.

sevenhills

My LG is about 14 years old.

BertieUK

sevenhills wrote: »

My LG is about 14 years old.

Thanks sevenhills for your input...


...I would hazard a guess by saying that 14 years is an impressive lifespan for this product and we have always looked at 10 years at being 'value for money and reliability' but ours really has sold us far short in its expected average lifespan.


I wrote to the supplier of this product who is a well known 'brand name' and has been for our families lifetime, and their comment was...


..."I agree with you that certain products should last longer, however some items do develop faults after a period of time and I am sorry yours developed a fault. Please note that your comments will be passed on to the marketing department to liaise with manufacturers in regard to lifespan of products"


"If you do need to speak to us any further, please do not hesitate to give us a call"...



PS Just to add insult to injury I was quoted £50 +VAT to remove this bulky item for disposal...


Kind regards... Happy New Year.

cranford

Here is some advice on using fridge freezers. from the UK Electrical Safety First web site:
https://www.electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk/guides-and-advice/electrical-items/fridge-freezers/
What they are saying is make sure you have a RCD fittted to your electrics of use a plug in one for your fridge freezer.
They also issue stats on domestic appliance fires in the UK.
5 per day across all appliance types.
Firidges and freezers make up 8% and tumble dryers and washing machines about 18% each.
Although I am on ecomomy 7 electicity for the last few years I only used my tumble drier and washining machine when I am awake.
Current garage freezer is 20 years old, kitchen fridge/freezer is 14 years old.
I think its swings and roundabouts with domestic appliances. Some you win with and others it may have been better to have an extended warrantee but with a typical 6 or 7 major domestic appliances it could cost £500 a year to cover them all.
Unless its free I prefer to take a chance and over nearly 50 years its paid off.

firefox1956

BertieUK......
If you are a pensioner it may be worth contacting your local council to have the item taken away.
They MAY have a discounted scheme for pensioners ??
Worth asking.

getmore4less

I expect 10y+ from white goods.

As long as the main board has not gone the parts for repairs can be quite cheap on FF

The cost is getting someone to fix it if you can't work out the faulty part.

if it has got very hot inside probably a fault with the defrost heater circuits. rather than the heater no working.


google and youtube can be quite helpful for fault analysis and video guides for the simpler repairs.

BertieUK

getmore4less wrote: »

I expect 10y+ from white goods.

As long as the main board has not gone the parts for repairs can be quite cheap on FF

The cost is getting someone to fix it if you can't work out the faulty part.

if it has got very hot inside probably a fault with the defrost heater circuits. rather than the heater no working.


google and youtube can be quite helpful for fault analysis and video guides for the simpler repairs.

Thank you getmore4less for your input...


...with this appliance failing so near to Christmas, late afternoon on the 23rd, we had family staying over for a few days and really had not alternative but to replace the unit with new, then restock the food otherwise Christmas would have been a disaster, so no winners I'm afraid.


We bought the fridge-freezer separately in order to transport them in our car, because there were no vans to deliver 'and we were in a panic' so we were not going to let family down at our age, so the failed unit was hastily moved outside to give room to work in our small kitchen...etc


...so thanks for your comments on repairs but, with respect to you our confidence with this unit is 'zero at the moment' as I am sure that you will understand.


Kind regards...

GwylimT

Our miele is about thirteen years old, it has survived a move abroad as well.

BertieUK

cranford wrote: »

Here is some advice on using fridge freezers. from the UK Electrical Safety First web site:
https://www.electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk/guides-and-advice/electrical-items/fridge-freezers/
What they are saying is make sure you have a RCD fittted to your electrics of use a plug in one for your fridge freezer.
They also issue stats on domestic appliance fires in the UK.
5 per day across all appliance types.
Firidges and freezers make up 8% and tumble dryers and washing machines about 18% each.
Although I am on ecomomy 7 electicity for the last few years I only used my tumble drier and washining machine when I am awake.
Current garage freezer is 20 years old, kitchen fridge/freezer is 14 years old.
I think its swings and roundabouts with domestic appliances. Some you win with and others it may have been better to have an extended warrantee but with a typical 6 or 7 major domestic appliances it could cost £500 a year to cover them all.
Unless its free I prefer to take a chance and over nearly 50 years its paid off.

Thank you cranford for your input.


We have fully refurbished our present dwelling when we first moved in and covered points like having a new RCD unit fitted as the old one was dating back to the 1970s also we had a full 'rewire' and smoke alarms fitted in all rooms, so safety is an important issue to us.


We also always run appliances like tumble driers and washing machines while we are 'at home' and as you say 'awake, so we have just been unfortunate this time.


I do think that the RCD would have saved the day because the circuit I feel confident would have 'tripped' and cut the power to the unit and all would have been well in the end.


Kind regards...