To me, it sounds like another ploy to keep the greed funded.
It most certainly is.
What no one mention because if government efficiency standards, new refrigerators used less electricity, even few years they are more efficient. My 2016 fridge is more efficient than the 1996 model I brought when I moved in. Icemakers are the least reliable part of any fridge, documented by consumers reports since the 1980s. Most reliable fridge is traditional freezer on top. I had the ill fated Whirlpool with freezer on bottom, defrost drain keeps getting clog from the fridge and freezes over. There is a Lawsuit after I dump it.
Indeed, I like and demand my privacy too.
Hyperbole.Indeed, I like and demand my privacy too.
We're entitled to it.
I don't need my washing machine to order me some new boxer briefs just because their beyond their "expiration dates".
I would disagree, I LOVE my icemaker and water dispenser. I had an Amana 3 door fridge, that I still miss - if I could have gotten the compressor I would have much rather had the fridge fixed than a new one. My GE side by side replaced it, and it has been good at ten years old - no problems with icemaker or water. On the Amana fridge, if you didn't use the icemaker for a long time, it may freeze up, which would mean taking the bin out of the fridge, dumping it into the sink, and letting it refill again. On the GE, I have had no problems, period. Now what I have done is put a floodstop unit under my fridge, which shuts off the flow of water to the fridge if it any water reaches the floodstop sensors, which you can daisy-chain together to add several, and place them where it works for you. Floodstop makes units for water heaters, dishwashers, etc - there is another company that makes devices that detect if a water pipe breaks and causes a severe loss of water pressure - preventing huge damage, when you may not even be home when this can happen. My sister and hubby pulled up the house they had just bought years ago - and water pouring out the front door. The previous owner had patched a toilet tank, which let loose while the house was vacant. Then the insurance argument - "whose house is it" - their insurance company said "you did NOT move in yet" - the previous owners said "you HAVE already moved out. Now on my fridge water lines, I have a Sears undercounter water filtration system, good enough to filter out lead pretty well (a good filter quality indicator, and NFS approval, or whatever the agency is) - so I have my fridges water plumbed into the FILTERED water, and as the GE has a water filter inside the fridge, I replace that once in a while with another genuine GE filter (as that one also filters lead, whereas the generic doesn't) - I feel this helps prevent a lot of water filter problems, preventing the crud from building up on water valves and stuff - I also have a countertop electric water heater to supplement our quirky central hot water in my condo, which feeds my kitchen sink, dishwasher, and front load washer. So on that I installed a scale water filter, as well as the Clearwave electronic water conditioner, to try to prevent scale and crud buildup in the electric water heater, dishwasher, etc - which seems to be helping a great deal - otherwise, the electric water heater needs descaling about every six months, this seems to help reduce this - normally before the scale water filter I would pull the electric water heater apart to clean it and replace the anode rod, and the anode rod would be just about gone at 6 months (I am in a hard water area) - I think it will go over a year now before replacing - I hear in other areas of the country anode rods may last a few years. And, as a tip - you are also supposed to inspect anode rods in your big water heaters - they are easier to do, you can normally unscrew them without doing much to the water heater, not like my small countertop water heater. If you keep these anode rods replaced when they need to be, and drain your water heater when you are supposed to according to the instructions - yours will work much better, cost less to operate, and last a whole lot longer.
