• psud@aussie.zone
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    1 day ago

    I spent a thousand dollars replacing the cheap compressor in my fridge because I asked the repair guy to replace it with better quality than it originally came with, and he used a commercial (as opposed to residential) grade compressor that was three times the price

    But aside from a short lifetime, the big problem with cheap AC motors is they’re imprecisely built and often waste more electricity as heat and noise than they put into their output shaft

    Of course even with the better stuff there still “cot death” where a new product fails almost immediately (because noone tests their products), but at least those failures are under warranty, the cheap motors typically last at least a few years

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      12 hours ago

      I spent a thousand dollars replacing the cheap compressor in my fridge

      So was it worth it? How long ago did you do it and what are the differences you’ve noticed so far?

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        10 hours ago

        It should work for ages, compared to the cheap compressor that came with the fridge that lasted 3 years. It’s a thousand dollar fridge new, so the repair was about the cost of replacing it, but I won’t need to replace it in another 3 years

        I did this only two weeks ago, so all I really have is expectations

        It’s less noisy than the previous compressor