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[–] toddestan@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Depends on how old it is. Mine's a 1995 model. I've measured its energy usage and a new fridge would pay for itself at around 9-10 years if I bought a basic model*. That's around the lifespan I'd expect from a new fridge. So I'll just keep using the old one until it dies.

(*) Current fridge is a basic, low end model, so assuming I replace with a similar basic, lower end model. Payback would be much longer if I upgraded.

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Back in my day 1995 wasn’t old.

[–] 5715 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Have you priced in cost of keeping your old one?

[–] toddestan@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago

And what, have twice the fridge space for slightly less than twice the energy cost?