When do you replace your Fridge/Freezer?

getmore4less

Even when they stop working they may be fixable.

Our Samsung FF kept turning off, after a while diagnosing the problem it turnout to be the circuit board that drove the display and took the input adjustments from the buttons.

Once temps were set and that board disconnected it has worked for years.

greatcrested

If you are safety conscious, your should probably replace all your electrical appliances on an annual basis. Very few will cause a fire in the first year.

JohnB47

Not wishing to divert this thread but do people regularly (ever?) clean the rear part of their fridge freezers? I don't but I've often wondered if cleaning the part that releases the warm air would improve efficiency.

jackieblack

Belenus said:

I agree with your wife, you are overthinking this.

The chances of your appliances failing and causing a fire are very small. Replace them if and when they break down and are beyond economic repair and not before.

This ^^^^^^

ElephantBoy57

I bought my FF around 18 years ago. It does freeze up at the back and I would prefer a larger FF, but goods ones are £300+

It difficult to work out which is the best to buy, an A/B rated FF that uses xx amount of electricity or AA using much less.

fenwick458

greatcrested said:

If you are safety conscious, your should probably replace all your electrical appliances on an annual basis. Very few will cause a fire in the first year.

you don't sell electrical appliances for a living do you?

JohnB47 said:

Not wishing to divert this thread but do people regularly (ever?) clean the rear part of their fridge freezers? I don't but I've often wondered if cleaning the part that releases the warm air would improve efficiency.

if it's all covered in fluff & dust, it won't work as effectively, but this will be marginal. I once cleaned a thick mat of fluff & dust from the back of a fridge that wasn't working very well, and after that it worked a lot better. that was an extreme example though, it was almost outdoors (tent) in a dusty environment and it was in the middle east, so the fridge was working a lot harder than normal.
I've looked at the back of mine occasionally and they have never got that bad, nor have they ever showed signs of not getting cold enough

Doshwaster

Another consideration that modern fridge freezers are much more energy efficient so if your current one is older than 15-20 years then it might be worth changing to reduce energy bills. Your fridge freezer is usually the biggest user of electricity in the house as it is on 24/7 so if you were to replace it with a more efficient model the saving could be £100 a year and so the payback time would only be a few years.

Rosa_Damascena

JohnB47 said:

Not wishing to divert this thread but do people regularly (ever?) clean the rear part of their fridge freezers? I don't but I've often wondered if cleaning the part that releases the warm air would improve efficiency.

You're in the company of Godfrey Bloom, but his ulterior motive was keeping women in their place and not a service to the environment.

NaughtiusMaximus

chrisw said:

Fridge freezers don't often fail. Its usually the plastic bits inside such as broken drawers and compartments which prompt their replacement. Or a new kitchen as mentioned above.

....or someone moves house and plugs their old freezer back in straight away rather than letting it stand for 24 hours.