Do we always need to throw old equipment away?
Everything we buy to use will get old eventually. It is also natural for them to spoil one day. It is inevitable.
However, do you need to throw the equipment away just because it is spoiled and old?
Recently, my home Carrier air conditioner spoiled. I am no expert in air conditioner so I can’t tell you the brand. However, we have been using this same air conditioner for 27 years.
So we called the private shop repairman. When he came, he said it was definitely serviceable. However, he wondered why should we be still using it? He wondered why didn’t we changed it? He also said today modern day equipment never lasts 10 years.
However, should we changed it? It has given us good service for 27 years. It has always hung on the wall with minimal problems. Even the latest problem is serviceable.
Is it true that today people don’t keep old equipment but throw them away after some time?
Do we need to throw our beloved air conditioner just because it is old?
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It was the same thing when we call a private repairman for our good old Sony CRT color TV.
When he came to service, he wondered why were we still using it after 15 years. He also said these days no one use their TV for more than 8 years. He also said today people prefer LCD TV.
But do we need to change it? After all, it is still serviceable and it hasn’t give us any major problems.
BTW, I didn’t buy the air conditioner. I was too young. My father did.
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We don’t need always to throw the old equipment….
perhabs it’s better than new one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If it can be repaired keep it.
why just replace something just for the sake of it!
It was probably made to last and thus far it has, bet a new one wouldn’t!
Try Freecycle, there is always someone looking for what you consider junk/old – they consider new and unaffordable
I have not only given so much stuff away but also received some rare and difficult to find items as well as somethings other people didn’t want and I did
Save the environment and save someone some money. Its easy
It is nice to keep the old equipment if it is working and repairable But remember the cost of running an old equipment like the cost of electricity (energy efficient) and also the cost of repairs and also how many times you call the repair man all these count towards the total cost of replacement One has to decide on these factors and others
The “throwaway society” is a major problem, especially nowadays with WEEE and environmental concerns – we can’t just drop old appliances into landfill.
The answer is you should not change your air conditioner if you’re still happy with the performance of it and it’s still serviceable.
I have electrical items from the 60s that still work perfectly. In those days, everything was built to last, whereas nowadays only professional equipment is built to last – consumer stuff is mostly plastic rubbish that will break within 10 years.
My own widescreen TV is a CRT, and is over 10 years old now. I’ll only replace it when I move away, since it’s far too heavy to take with me.
The throwaway nonsense will only get worse if the “cash for bangers” plan is extended to electrical goods, as has been proposed.
Apparently the worst people to throw away stuff are wealthier Japanese people – when Sony and other companies bring out new products, if you go round the posh districts of Tokyo you’ll see old Sony products (possibly less than 1 year old!) stacked up in the street awaiting rubbish collection.
For the A/C, unless you live where electricity is particularly cheap, you should replace it with a new one, for they will be much more efficient.
Same for the TV, new TVs are much more power efficient than comparably sized old ones.
These days you don’t just throw things like that out, you have them properly recycled.