Old fridge

Grandad2b

About 10 years ago we inherited a fridge/freezer when an elderly relative died. I don't know how long she'd had it but it was certainly past its first flush of youth. I guess it's probably >25 years old by now. Unless it looses its refrigerant or the compressor dies I don't think it needs replacing. It's a bit tatty, I wouldn't have it in the kitchen, but tucked away it's fine.

Amazingly I found a label. It's a Zanussi model ZENB 2725 - anyone know when this model was in production?

grumpy_codger

https://www.manualsonline.com/manuals/mfg/zanussi/zenb_2725.html
The manual is dated 2005

FlorayG

My fridge is 25 years old this year, I know because I bought it when I bought my first house. As long as they work there's no reason to replace them

MSE_James

When I replaced my fridge about 7 or 8 years ago the new one was more efficient and made a noticeable difference to my electricity bill.

FrugaiMacDugal

You could freshen it up with some Vinyl Wrap.

ButterCheese

Keep it as long as you can and enjoy it!  I bought a brand new Candy fridge freezer in Nov 2022.  The kitchen company messed up the order so I didn't receive it until April 2023.  In Oct 2024 it stopped working properly - it was only in use for 18 months.  The kitchen retailer didn't want to know.  Candy would do nothing because it was only 12 months warranty.  I paid an engineer to look at it which cost £60, and he said it wasn't economical to fix it. 

 400 and something pounds, lasted 18 months.  Laughable

in_my_wellies

I bought my chest freezer in September 1983 and it's still going strong. It's been kept inside, outside and in the garage, lifted up stairs, bumped down again, left out in the snow, rain, hail. Had soil loaded up against it and travelled many miles and still it goes on. The walls are thin and the casing is rusty so I suppose it's not very efficient. It's filled with fruit from the garden so it'll see me out as I won't be growing as much in my new (to me) house 

twopenny

I've always kept mine until they died.

But I have put a smoke alarm right by them for my own security.

They are one of the main causes of fires I've read and I've actually seen 2 houses and one garage burn down locally because of a fault.

Though it wasn't to do with age. Just chance.

JGB1955

My daughter has only just 'put-to-sleep' the microwave that we bought to warm up her baby bottles in 1986.

Grandad2b

MSE_James said:

When I replaced my fridge about 7 or 8 years ago the new one was more efficient and made a noticeable difference to my electricity bill.

Noticeable difference? Wow!

ButterCheese said:

Keep it as long as you can and enjoy it!  I bought a brand new Candy fridge freezer in Nov 2022.  The kitchen company messed up the order so I didn't receive it until April 2023.  In Oct 2024 it stopped working properly - it was only in use for 18 months.  The kitchen retailer didn't want to know.  Candy would do nothing because it was only 12 months warranty.  I paid an engineer to look at it which cost £60, and he said it wasn't economical to fix it. 

 400 and something pounds, lasted 18 months.  Laughable

That's appalling.

victor2

Grandad2b said:

MSE_James said:

When I replaced my fridge about 7 or 8 years ago the new one was more efficient and made a noticeable difference to my electricity bill.

Noticeable difference? Wow!

ButterCheese said:

Keep it as long as you can and enjoy it!  I bought a brand new Candy fridge freezer in Nov 2022.  The kitchen company messed up the order so I didn't receive it until April 2023.  In Oct 2024 it stopped working properly - it was only in use for 18 months.  The kitchen retailer didn't want to know.  Candy would do nothing because it was only 12 months warranty.  I paid an engineer to look at it which cost £60, and he said it wasn't economical to fix it. 

 400 and something pounds, lasted 18 months.  Laughable

That's appalling.

My 20 year old American Fridge/Freezer used about 3 kWh per day just before it died a few years back. It's replacement, of a similar capacity, uses about 1 kWh per day. So it is a noticeable saving on the electricity bill.