The green credentials will be more around the refrigerant used in it and it's Global Warming Potential (GWP). Lower GWP gases don't always mean lower power consumption. Reality is the energy required to keep a box at -18 hasn't really changed over the last 20 years and probably won't over the next 20.
Your oldest, but regularly used appliance?
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My bosch fridge.
Bought it in SA probably 10 years ago? Maybe more. Brought it across with us, it's been in storage, but late last year I got sick of the tiny built in fridge in our kitchen, ripped it out and installed the bosch monster in its place.
Bought it in SA probably 10 years ago? Maybe more. Brought it across with us, it's been in storage, but late last year I got sick of the tiny built in fridge in our kitchen, ripped it out and installed the bosch monster in its place.
Magic bullet came out in 2003.
Regardless, I found this article fascinating.
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My mums got a Kenwood chef from the 70s, she uses that to bake fairly regularly, especially with my daughter.
I've got one from the 90s.
Or Henry vacuum, my wife had before we were married , and we've been married about 25years. It now sits as a shop vacuum connected to a cyclone dust collector.
I've got one from the 90s.
Or Henry vacuum, my wife had before we were married , and we've been married about 25years. It now sits as a shop vacuum connected to a cyclone dust collector.
To reinvigorate this thread after I though my tumble dryer of now ~22 years or more had given up totally as it was no longer drying properly even though it was getting hot/warm still. It's a condensing type dryer and as such does need cleaning which I do on a regular basis to remove the fluff, however it seems that after over two decades of use it really was not working correctly.
Cue the maintenance, how do you clean a condensing unit? Some people said rinse it under a tap, other put it in a bath of hot water etc. Given the build up of dust and what I feared the most and what challenges our bath drain, and vacuum, long stray hairs from people heads! Indeed it was time for something very serious to give this the clean it needs, so I broke out the pressure washer at full power and blasted the living crap out of it, the amount of dust, and fluff that was now a wet mess was unreal for such a small unit. It still needed some mechanical persuasion as well given the knots the hair has caused, so got a palette knife from the kitchen and got rid of the massive chunks, and thanks to @Diddums used the Wolfbox blow to through blow the remining bits out and dry it.
Dryer is now working like new again, lets see how many more years it will go on, goodness knows how many kWh of electricity I wasted when it was working sub optimally.
Cue the maintenance, how do you clean a condensing unit? Some people said rinse it under a tap, other put it in a bath of hot water etc. Given the build up of dust and what I feared the most and what challenges our bath drain, and vacuum, long stray hairs from people heads! Indeed it was time for something very serious to give this the clean it needs, so I broke out the pressure washer at full power and blasted the living crap out of it, the amount of dust, and fluff that was now a wet mess was unreal for such a small unit. It still needed some mechanical persuasion as well given the knots the hair has caused, so got a palette knife from the kitchen and got rid of the massive chunks, and thanks to @Diddums used the Wolfbox blow to through blow the remining bits out and dry it.
Dryer is now working like new again, lets see how many more years it will go on, goodness knows how many kWh of electricity I wasted when it was working sub optimally.
Our Fridge which I got in 2008 we replaced earlier in the year. (door kept falling off, all the draw handles were smashed)
Siemens washing machine is circa 2012, needed new carbon brushes at new year.
Cooker.... gas, came with the house, it is that old, the igniter source is a battery.
Someone mentioned a bosch kettle they had an age, we kill them what feels like annually! (not bosch mind)
Siemens washing machine is circa 2012, needed new carbon brushes at new year.
Cooker.... gas, came with the house, it is that old, the igniter source is a battery.
Someone mentioned a bosch kettle they had an age, we kill them what feels like annually! (not bosch mind)
Samsung microwave is as old as me moving to Sweden. Had it for 4 different apartments and now it's in our house.
Funny thing is we both hate it. It's got an annoying dial system to add time and start, but it's a perfect compact size and ceramic interior which is so easy to clean.
Now I've typed this I'm sure it will fail.
The cooker and dishwasher are both around 2010 but have been kept in such good condition they look new after a clean.
I've been pushing to change them out but the whole kitchen probably needs redoing at the same time,also 2010, so it'll be better to get the lot from scratch. 2026 maybe... Monies sitting there, the will isn't
might just get a kitchen fitter to do it so I don't mess it up for once.
Funny thing is we both hate it. It's got an annoying dial system to add time and start, but it's a perfect compact size and ceramic interior which is so easy to clean.
Now I've typed this I'm sure it will fail.
The cooker and dishwasher are both around 2010 but have been kept in such good condition they look new after a clean.
I've been pushing to change them out but the whole kitchen probably needs redoing at the same time,also 2010, so it'll be better to get the lot from scratch. 2026 maybe... Monies sitting there, the will isn't
might just get a kitchen fitter to do it so I don't mess it up for once.
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I have a Philips hand whisk of similar vintage and I still use it 2 or 3 days a week to mix my Huel drinks.
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Ours is a 21 Year old New World cooker that we bought when we moved here, everything else has been replaced over the past three years.
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Not mine but still amazing.
When my parents moved into their new bungalow in 1968 my Dad built a bar and put a fridge under it.
In 2019 when my Mum died my Sister put it in her garage and as far as I know it's still working.
When my parents moved into their new bungalow in 1968 my Dad built a bar and put a fridge under it.
In 2019 when my Mum died my Sister put it in her garage and as far as I know it's still working.