Yes altho even their washers have a circuit board now. :/
I have a 1979 Maytag DE409 dryer in storage with enough parts to run it another 40 years. It won't fit my house but one day it will run again. It literally dried 3 generations of my family's clothes before the motor bearings went in 2018 and I repowered and shelved it
Friend of mine bought a fridge and a few months later a technician shows up at his door. "Who sent you?" he asked. "Your fridge emailed us that it needed service."
I can't for the life of me figure out why anyone would prefer a digital appliance or car over good ol analogue. It should be so obvious that the digital shit can't be fixed
I had a 60s era dryer that started making a bumpety-bump noise. I pulled out the handy Readers Digest fix-it book, and it said the edge of a roller wheel probably broke off, making a flat edge causing the noise. It said the whole machine had to be taken apart, and I didn't feel like messing with it, so I called the Sears guy to fix it. Sure enough, it was a broken roller wheel. He replaced both wheels so I wouldn't have that problem again any time soon and also replaced the drive belt, as it was heading for failure. Good repairmen like that are hard to find now.
I had to open up my dryer to replace a gas solenoid that failed causing the dryer to light but not stay lit.
While I was in there I checked all the other components and determined it would be good to replace the drum support rollers, drive belt and belt tensioner.
After those parts were replaced I couldn't believe how quiet my then 10 year old dryer was running.
My current Whirlpool dryer is about 17 years old and still going strong.
New built older tech stuff is getting harder to find. Practically everything now has a circuit board in it. I'd LOVE to get an old style basic bitch compressor refregerator, built new. Only reason is I've looked around where I live and anything I could find is basically ready for the scrap yard.
Am I the only one who finds "smart fridges" to be the most useless invention on the planet? Like, what's the freaking point? Yay, I can spend 5 minutes looking for a youtube video to watch for the 10 seconds I'm going to open the fridge to get a plate of bacon!
Supposedly, eventually, the refrigerator will be able to scan everything you put in it and monitor what you take out. It might be able to remind you to pick up milk at the store. Or it might tell your health insurance that you're eating too much ice cream. :)
I hope my 20 year old plain refrigerator will last me the rest of my life so I'll never have to get a "smart" one.
I would like to live in a small house up on the hill and 2 American Eskimo dogs where you can see the beautiful snow and the fall where you have very nice neighbors and live away from cities and suburbs, but you know I am very poor. You know like a paradise. Maybe in heaven.
My washer from 1989 lasted 20 years through 2 very active boys. Then next washer lasted 9 years. My current washer lasted 3 years and they want $500 to fix it. I’m fed up with the crap...I know we are capable of making decent products. It’s obvious they are meant to keep us paying for fixing all products. I’m seeing Speed Queen is good brand...
The icemaker in our refrigerator got a piece of ice jammed up inside it and quit working many months ago. I raised the bale so it would quit trying and left it that way. This week, I tried it, and it worked. Being off so long, the ice jam evaporated. The icemaker is working like brand new. The refrigerator is about 20 years old.
I replaced our kitchen, but I didn't replace the refrigerator. This one will never rat on me to the insurance companies about what I eat. :)
Yes altho even their washers have a circuit board now. :/
I have a 1979 Maytag DE409 dryer in storage with enough parts to run it another 40 years. It won't fit my house but one day it will run again. It literally dried 3 generations of my family's clothes before the motor bearings went in 2018 and I repowered and shelved it
Built in obsolescence is a shitty facet of capitalism....clothesline FTW.
Kek
motor bearings are not hard to fix just need the size and to pull them out of the existing motor.
I got an entire new motor for this one for like $150 which seemed fair. It was the original motor in it.
Lg sucks.
And never forget that the one on the right is spying on you!
Friend of mine bought a fridge and a few months later a technician shows up at his door. "Who sent you?" he asked. "Your fridge emailed us that it needed service."
Only an idiot would let that person in.
You've described my friend perfectly.
"With friends like these...."
I told my fridge not to talk to strangers online
Fridges are like cats they never listen
Long March Through The Institutions stripped vocational ed to the bone. Corporations cottoned on that making shit to last wasn't as profitable.
Blame the late 60s.
I can't for the life of me figure out why anyone would prefer a digital appliance or car over good ol analogue. It should be so obvious that the digital shit can't be fixed
Things like old school, analog dryers are dead easy to repair.
There is not much to go wrong so troubleshooting takes little time and most parts are very reasonably priced.
I had a 60s era dryer that started making a bumpety-bump noise. I pulled out the handy Readers Digest fix-it book, and it said the edge of a roller wheel probably broke off, making a flat edge causing the noise. It said the whole machine had to be taken apart, and I didn't feel like messing with it, so I called the Sears guy to fix it. Sure enough, it was a broken roller wheel. He replaced both wheels so I wouldn't have that problem again any time soon and also replaced the drive belt, as it was heading for failure. Good repairmen like that are hard to find now.
I like fixable equipment.
I had to open up my dryer to replace a gas solenoid that failed causing the dryer to light but not stay lit.
While I was in there I checked all the other components and determined it would be good to replace the drum support rollers, drive belt and belt tensioner.
After those parts were replaced I couldn't believe how quiet my then 10 year old dryer was running.
My current Whirlpool dryer is about 17 years old and still going strong.
Yea and those losers that are always hanging “muh sustainability” on their lips would be the first to tell you “just buy a new one “
New built older tech stuff is getting harder to find. Practically everything now has a circuit board in it. I'd LOVE to get an old style basic bitch compressor refregerator, built new. Only reason is I've looked around where I live and anything I could find is basically ready for the scrap yard.
People shall simply learn how to build components for such items, and then assemble them how they see fit. It's all metal and math anyways, basically
A fine point.
Why in the heck you even need a "smart fridge" complete with touch screen is beyond me.
And hooked up to the internet
Am I the only one who finds "smart fridges" to be the most useless invention on the planet? Like, what's the freaking point? Yay, I can spend 5 minutes looking for a youtube video to watch for the 10 seconds I'm going to open the fridge to get a plate of bacon!
What's the upside here?
Supposedly, eventually, the refrigerator will be able to scan everything you put in it and monitor what you take out. It might be able to remind you to pick up milk at the store. Or it might tell your health insurance that you're eating too much ice cream. :)
I hope my 20 year old plain refrigerator will last me the rest of my life so I'll never have to get a "smart" one.
Imagine that…your fridge could be turning you in
I would like to live in a small house up on the hill and 2 American Eskimo dogs where you can see the beautiful snow and the fall where you have very nice neighbors and live away from cities and suburbs, but you know I am very poor. You know like a paradise. Maybe in heaven.
If you can dream it you can do it.
Thank you and God Bless you.
Yep. Smart appliances know which side their bread is buttered on. Not your side.
Some of the parts can be printed on a 3D printer for a buck. Order that part from the supplier and it will set you back 100 times that.
They will be coming for that soon enough. Better print extras now
Very few people have the equipment or skills to fix ANY reefer or AC in their garage. Try it with a car instead.
You should see inside my garage. :)
Notice I didn't type that** I **couldn't fix the reefers.
My washer from 1989 lasted 20 years through 2 very active boys. Then next washer lasted 9 years. My current washer lasted 3 years and they want $500 to fix it. I’m fed up with the crap...I know we are capable of making decent products. It’s obvious they are meant to keep us paying for fixing all products. I’m seeing Speed Queen is good brand...
There are still some of these older ones still working. I have been looking to buy one for years. Most of them are being used for kegs !
They need to make an open source one.
I like Whirlpool real made in America appliances.
The icemaker in our refrigerator got a piece of ice jammed up inside it and quit working many months ago. I raised the bale so it would quit trying and left it that way. This week, I tried it, and it worked. Being off so long, the ice jam evaporated. The icemaker is working like brand new. The refrigerator is about 20 years old.
I replaced our kitchen, but I didn't replace the refrigerator. This one will never rat on me to the insurance companies about what I eat. :)