My grandparents had a hotpoint refrigerator they bought in 1946 right after WWII. It weighed about 600 lbs but was still working when my grandmother died in 1998. It's unfathomable that a refrigerator made today would last 52 years, they aren't designed to last like that now.
Did its ice-maker still work to the end? Was it WIFI-compatible?
Well, at least it didn't contain any of those nasty CFCs that destroy the Ozone Layer, right?
Probably operated on ammonia!
Regards,
It’s unfathomable that a refrigerator made today would last 52 years, they aren’t designed to last like that now.
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I have a Kenmore that I bought 10 years ago and this past summer, it stopped working. A bit of troubleshooting told me that it needed a new starter kit so I went to a parts supplier to buy it... in the end, it seems they are having problems getting the parts and fortunately, I have a second fridge and a couple of freezers so waiting for parts wasn’t a critical issue. During the last round of discussions about “where are these parts?”, I suggested just how stupid it was to throw out a fridge for the sake of something as trivial as a starter kit but it appears I might have to do that. The lady at the parts supply place was horrified that I might have to do that as she said “I really hope you don’t have to do that.... the new fridges don’t seem to last even 5 years!”
How about those old metal desks, a thing of beauty.