Just ran the numbers on how many compressors I've swapped this year and it shook me

I was going through my work log last night because I'm trying to get my taxes straight, and I counted up all the compressor replacements I did in 2024 so far. It came out to 87 units. That's almost 2 a week and I never really thought about it until I saw the number on paper. Most of them were on those cheap top-freezer fridges from around 2018, the ones with the R600a refrigerant that seem to fail right after the warranty runs out. I had to sit there for a minute and just stare at the list because I never step back and look at the big picture like that. Has anyone else ever totaled up a specific repair type for a year and gotten surprised by the count?

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jennifer_west11d ago

Drove past a scrapyard the other day and realized half the pile was those same fridges, just shows how planned obsolescence is hitting harder than ever.

bettym8911d agoMost Upvoted

You ever notice how stuff just doesn't last like it used to? I had an old fridge from the 90s that finally gave out last year, but my neighbor's new one crapped out after three years.