Appliances that are too efficient to be effective?

CountingDown
Sun, 26 Nov 2023 22:17:21 +0000

We had our old water heater die 18 hours before we left for three weeks in Ukraine in 2019. I had gone downstairs to grab a small bag to stick in the suitcase in case we needed, and discovered water on the floor. It was a gas heater – can only imagine what might have happened in our absence! We got a gasfitter to come out, cap it off, and removed the old heater. Didn’t replace it til we returned from Ukraine and had cold showers for a couple days until they could install the new water heater.

I hate our front-loader and will get an HE top loader when the current washing machine dies. We’ve been through four dishwashers and three fridges since we bought this house. The energy efficiency modifications sure are sending a lot of machines to the landfills early.