3beltwesty
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RE It may work out only a few cents here and there but when
Here for most of us US washer users the first if any repair's cost totally swamps any cost savings. It often is more than ones total outlay in water, electricity and soap; variables one has control off.
If the 599 buck 641 with tax LG Front loader explodes and dies in 5 years and one washes a typical us 2.5 loads a week; the washer cost 64100 cents for 650 washes; about 1 dollar a load. This is massive compared to the cost of the test I posted with 16Lbs of wash consuming 0.15 KWHR And 11 US gallons; ie my cost of 13 cents.
A neighbors Sears Kenmore HE FL bought after Kartina in the fall of 2005 is in a house next door that nobody lives in yet. The washers warranty was up and the washer died right afterward and the quoted repair cost is about 300 + bucks for the board and the pump and other stuff before even labor costs. It only has been used maybe 50 to 100 times and was a 600 + buck FL washer too. That means if the unit goes into a landfill each washload coat between 6 to 12 dollar. ie do you thrown 300 to 500 bucks more for a repair; or roll the dice again.
Here many items like washers and dryers are really not repaired; unless one does it oneself or is lucky and finds an honest repair person. Many folks just junk them; ie one avoids the waste of endless idiots screwing up with bad repair jobs.
ie the waste really is in the repair area. Folks know enough to be dangerous, parts are expensive. That is why a yet another neighbor scrapped out their Maytag Neptune and went back to dumb TL washers.
In little window 5500BTUH AC units bought here after Katrina to get by; most of them died in about 2 years and then they are tossed. Nobody can fix them cheaper than buying a new one. My own GE and Maytag units died in 2 years. the guy across the streets died in 1 year.; the lady next doors has had 2 or out 3 die in 5 years. All this stuff gets tossed. Her washer bought after Katrina already died , TL machine leaks like made. Thus the new owner who bought the house had the scrap man pick it up.
Thus the waste is really not is the power or water consumed; it is that so much stuff is imported and basically a few parts and service cost more than a new unit. Ie machines are throwaway things. It is often far worse with non USA items; parts cost more; the repair base is worse. Many folks here took their ill or dead/flooded washers and dryers to the curbside after Katrina due to flooding. Today many of the new machines bought in 2005 or 2006 are already dead due to the WASTE of the repairs being way too much. ie the spider breaks and all that beloved savings is down the drain; since the washer is scraped.
Here for most of us US washer users the first if any repair's cost totally swamps any cost savings. It often is more than ones total outlay in water, electricity and soap; variables one has control off.
If the 599 buck 641 with tax LG Front loader explodes and dies in 5 years and one washes a typical us 2.5 loads a week; the washer cost 64100 cents for 650 washes; about 1 dollar a load. This is massive compared to the cost of the test I posted with 16Lbs of wash consuming 0.15 KWHR And 11 US gallons; ie my cost of 13 cents.
A neighbors Sears Kenmore HE FL bought after Kartina in the fall of 2005 is in a house next door that nobody lives in yet. The washers warranty was up and the washer died right afterward and the quoted repair cost is about 300 + bucks for the board and the pump and other stuff before even labor costs. It only has been used maybe 50 to 100 times and was a 600 + buck FL washer too. That means if the unit goes into a landfill each washload coat between 6 to 12 dollar. ie do you thrown 300 to 500 bucks more for a repair; or roll the dice again.
Here many items like washers and dryers are really not repaired; unless one does it oneself or is lucky and finds an honest repair person. Many folks just junk them; ie one avoids the waste of endless idiots screwing up with bad repair jobs.
ie the waste really is in the repair area. Folks know enough to be dangerous, parts are expensive. That is why a yet another neighbor scrapped out their Maytag Neptune and went back to dumb TL washers.
In little window 5500BTUH AC units bought here after Katrina to get by; most of them died in about 2 years and then they are tossed. Nobody can fix them cheaper than buying a new one. My own GE and Maytag units died in 2 years. the guy across the streets died in 1 year.; the lady next doors has had 2 or out 3 die in 5 years. All this stuff gets tossed. Her washer bought after Katrina already died , TL machine leaks like made. Thus the new owner who bought the house had the scrap man pick it up.
Thus the waste is really not is the power or water consumed; it is that so much stuff is imported and basically a few parts and service cost more than a new unit. Ie machines are throwaway things. It is often far worse with non USA items; parts cost more; the repair base is worse. Many folks here took their ill or dead/flooded washers and dryers to the curbside after Katrina due to flooding. Today many of the new machines bought in 2005 or 2006 are already dead due to the WASTE of the repairs being way too much. ie the spider breaks and all that beloved savings is down the drain; since the washer is scraped.
thus I can sleep easy tonight!
