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Is there any point in calling a repairman or just buy a new one?

Ours works but a couple weeks back it was not cold, so I unplugged it over night and cleaned every thing, it seemed to work, but its starting to not freeze stuff again, anyone work on these things or is it just throwing money away? its 10 - 15 years old Whirlpool .

Call them, get a half assed estimate, check prices on a new one, make a decision.

Did you clean condenser of lint underneath??

I would find out what the problem is. At that age I would think you have a defrost timer problem. I would pop the cover off the motor and see if it is turning. You can diagnose the charge by total current at load and look at the different lines from the compressor. Not likely to go bad after running well for a long time.

New, durable goods are no longer durable.

I would rather have a repairman come out and pay to have it fixed then to spend 3-4000 for a new WiFi, bluetooth, LCD and whatever else is installed that’s going to take a computer geek to fix when all them fancy electronic controls an d gizmos go out.

How old is it?

Get a diagnosis and estimate. If it isn't a cheap easy fix, at 10-15 years old I'd rather put money towards a new product with warranty.

I am 70 years old, my grandmothers refrigerator is still running on the porch. It has to be at least 50 years old.

Repairman gonna break it off in yo ass.

Just get a new one.

Nor repairable.

What type are we about?

The basic up/down trailer park job, turkey shît green?


Or do have one with a tv and ice cream thru the door?

Let us not forget the making of foul-tasting white ice cubes.

If it's in the switching, repair. Mechanics or electronics, buy new. A waste of money and time to go into the guts and electronics out date the day it left the store.

why put money in an old unit...your just prolonging the inevitable .....appliances these days are junk and 15 years on one is about all there good for
buy a new on and if you pay 1000.00 or more for it buy the extended warr.

The more analog it is, the more likely I’d be to consider repairing it. Did just that to a circa 1992 built-in that required a complete rebuild including a new compressor. Cost me a couple grand but my guy assured me it should run for another 25 years due to it being analog.

The more electronics it has, the more I’d consider replacing. Motherboards especially are notorious for going out in 3-6 years, thereafter priced steep and often with no more new ones available for your specific model.

Appliances ain’t what they used to be.

I have a SubZero built in the cabinets. I get it fixed which isn't too often.

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Parents just had their Uber Top of the Line 1991 GE fixed for about $700. Supposedly though Mom wants a new one anyway. Told them I have my hand truck ready whenever they do.

The thing folks leave out in this decision is the deterioration of seals and other stuff like that. We just ditched a 12 yr old wishdasher that suddenly sprung a leak. Everything else was still running fine, but when you figure all those plastic seals are starting to age. . . the decision was simple.

Also, this is not a complaint. I'm perfectly happy with the service I got out of the wishdasher. It was far more efficient than the one we had in there previously. It more than paid for itself. Ditto for the fridge we tossed about 3 years ago. It had gone 15 years without a hitch, but I wasn't going to moan about things stopped doing its job.

So it was working fine up until you decided it needed something done to it.

Its closer to double wide standard, kind of cat sh~t brown and makes enough ice to chill my whisky, the tv is in the bed room.