this post was submitted on 01 Nov 2024
1428 points (99.7% liked)

memes

10163 readers
2444 users here now

Community rules

1. Be civilNo trolling, bigotry or other insulting / annoying behaviour

2. No politicsThis is non-politics community. For political memes please go to !politicalmemes@lemmy.world

3. No recent repostsCheck for reposts when posting a meme, you can only repost after 1 month

4. No botsNo bots without the express approval of the mods or the admins

5. No Spam/AdsNo advertisements or spam. This is an instance rule and the only way to live.

Sister communities

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

My wife and I are on our third fridge in 35 years. But the furnace in her mom's house when we sold it 5 years ago had been running since the late 1970s.

[–] BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Except furnaces functionally shut off when not actively making heat. A fridge potentially is only off for power outages or a cleaning

[–] abbotsbury@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Don't fridges do the same thing? Once it gets the interior to the set temperature, the compressor turns off until the sensors say it needs more cold.

[–] BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

You are right, I totally forgot about that haha

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

30 years is a long life for a furnace. This thing was 45-50 and still running fine. The last maintenance note on the sheet on the inside was in the 80s lol.