Comments on: Appliances: A Hidden Cost

By: Home Appliance

Home Appliance — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:13:09 +0000

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By: admin

admin — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:33:24 +0000

Hi JP,

These are historical numbers and they hold up pretty well for older houses.

But I just recently had a hot water heater installed in my house and in talking with the plumber, he told me modern hot water heaters (from China of course) are junk and only are lasting 5-7 years.

Based on that, lifetimes are probably 1/2 what is presented here if the product is made in China.

By: jp | REItips.com

jp | REItips.com — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:21:07 +0000

Thanks for the article. I’m actually surprised to see the estimated lifespan to be quite this much on many of these appliances. Learn something new every day.

Thanks for the great reference chart. Handy.

…jp