Life Spans Of Home Appliances

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This page lists the average life spans of home appliances (major and small).[1][2][3][4]

Major appliances

Appliance Life expectancy (as of 2015)[lower-alpha 1] Life expectancy (without planned obsolescence)[lower-alpha 1]
Air conditioner (room) 10
Air conditioner (central) 15
Boiler (electric) 13 ?
Boiler (gas) 21 ?
Compactor 6 ?
Dehumidifier 8 ?
Dishwasher 9 ?
Dryer (electric/gas) 13 ?
Freezer 11 ?
Furnace (electric/warm air) 15
Furnace (gas/warm air) 18 ?
Furnace (oil/warm air) 20 ?
Garbage disposer 12 ?
Humidifier 8 ?
Microwave oven 9
Range/oven hood 14 ?
Range (electric) 13 ?
Range (gas) 13 ?
Refrigerator 13
Refrigerator (compact) 9
Thermostat 35 ?
Washing machine 10
Water heater (electric) 11 ?
Water heater (gas) 10
Water heater (tankless) 20 ?

Small appliances

Appliance Life expectancy (as of 2015)[lower-alpha 1][5][6] Life expectancy (without planned obsolescence)[lower-alpha 1]
CRT TV 10 ?
LCD or LED TV 7[7] ?
Digital camera 6
Blu-ray players 6 ?
Game console 6
Laptop 6
Tablet PC 5
Smartphone 3 ?
Analog phone 10–20[8] ?
Incandescent light bulb (Phoebus cartel) 1,000 hours[9] 2,500 hours[9]

See also

  • Anti-consumerism
  • Consumerism
  • Planned obsolescence

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Average life expectancy in years.

References

  1. All data is derived from the report "Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components" provided by the National Association of Home Builders.
  2. NAHB data list
  3. More complete list of NAHB data
  4. A same list of NAHB
  5. All data in this table (except for the CRT TV, analog and VOIP phone data) is derived from the Consumer Electronics Association's report
  6. Specout data from CEA
  7. Despite LEDs allowing a burn time of 100000 hours or 45 years of service, other parts will burn out more quickly
  8. Analog phone life expectancy
  9. 9.0 9.1 Markus Krajewski (24 September 2014). "The Great Lightbulb Conspiracy". IEEE Spectrum. https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-history/dawn-of-electronics/the-great-lightbulb-conspiracy. 




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