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Or maybe just some crappy design...
The first washing machine we bought after tying the knot karked it after 8 months - PSU popped. Replaced under warranty and we only finally replaced it when it was just over 20 years old and sounding like a 747 taking off. The PSU problem was a known fault (poorly spec'd component, a capacitor I think from memory) which ended up costing the manufacturer quite a bit in warranty claims until they sorted it.
I've been lucky with fridges to. First one we had for 23 years and was still working fine when we replaced it for a larger one. On the other hand my mother goes through fridges about every ten years. Dunno what she does to them... 
If your neighbours don't listen to The Ramones, turn it up real loud so they can.
“We didn't have a positive song until we wrote 'Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue!'” ― Dee Dee Ramone
"The Democrats want my guns and the Republicans want my porno mags and I ain't giving up either" - Joey Ramone
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I have an old childhood friend that sells household appliancies. He seriously claims that you need to make sure you have the money for a new appliance whenever they pass ten years of age if used normally.
A fridge works harder (or rather more often) when empty, so if it's usually not very full, put a couple of gallons of water in it as a thermal energy store.
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An uncle of mine always padded out the empty space in his freezer with screwed up newspaper...the principle being that as soon as you opened the door/lid all that nice cool air was replaced by room temp air which then had to be cooled. So therefore minimize the air in there..
If your neighbours don't listen to The Ramones, turn it up real loud so they can.
“We didn't have a positive song until we wrote 'Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue!'” ― Dee Dee Ramone
"The Democrats want my guns and the Republicans want my porno mags and I ain't giving up either" - Joey Ramone
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It's not stupid. It makes sense. We desperately need it. We have a politician manufactured in 1994...
Veni, vidi, vici.
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Planned obsolescence would take far more clever engineering that most manufacturers would pay for. We could restate this as: Never attribute to planned obsolescence that which is adequately explained by bad engineering.
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Same thing happened to me. Mine is from 2001.
But I found a new defrost cycle timer online for about $10. It's been working fine ever since (2011 I think).
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Our fridge was made in 1972. It has rust, but ... it works. Plus it has the added benefit on not being hackable or networked.
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Brisingr Aerowing wrote: I think something fried the control circuit
That so sounds like a line from a 1950's sci-fi movie!
MVVM # - I did it My Way
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Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011
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(That's an 'M')
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"Aaahhhh - it's alive."
Peter Wasser
Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
Frank Zappa
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I wouldn't read more into it than it deserves. Unless it's a top of the line modern electronic gee whiz fridge, it hasn't got much of a control circuit. All of them I've seen consist of a slow-turning motor that closes a contact for about ten minutes once per cycle, usually about 8 - 12 hours. It's mounted on the back panel, so it never gets the dust bunnies vacuumed off since nobody wants to drag the fridge out from the wall. that either clogs up the bearings, or causes the motor windings to overheat over time. the cheaper the motor, the shorter the time to failure. Simple economics, not planned obsolescence... 
Will Rogers never met me.
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Be gone with your common sense appraisal of the OP's conspiracy theory!! 
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Failure after 10 years seems a good run to me. Just replace the clock and get another 10. Can't see the conspiracy here.
Peter Wasser
Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
Frank Zappa
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Brisingr Aerowing wrote: ...so it is obviously planned obsolescence (which, AFAIK, is illegal in the United States).
Sadly, it seems to be a rampant problem worldwide. In almost all products.
... and certainly not illegal in the Untied Snakes.
Never moon a werewolf.
- Harvey
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...but shorter, and more catchy.
I've just completed about 8hrs of solid coding that involved tearing into the guts of my code, touching about 20 modules, ripping out a component and replacing it with a different (3rd party) component whose documentation is of the "documentation is Evil" variety, plus a bunch of refactoring and configuration changes and the first time I ran the code it...just...worked.
Isn't that the best feeling in the world. It's like everything stops, and everything is perfect just in that moment.
We need a word for it.
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Karma ?
I'd rather be phishing!
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Heh, I was going to suggest Nerdvana.
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"I should have bought a lottery ticket instead"
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I prefer "FM" - F**king Miracle 
If your neighbours don't listen to The Ramones, turn it up real loud so they can.
“We didn't have a positive song until we wrote 'Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue!'” ― Dee Dee Ramone
"The Democrats want my guns and the Republicans want my porno mags and I ain't giving up either" - Joey Ramone
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But that's two words.
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Not if you say it fast enough!!
If your neighbours don't listen to The Ramones, turn it up real loud so they can.
“We didn't have a positive song until we wrote 'Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue!'” ― Dee Dee Ramone
"The Democrats want my guns and the Republicans want my porno mags and I ain't giving up either" - Joey Ramone
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It's not working. You just didn't find the bugs yet, believe me.
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Sentenryu wrote: It's not working. You just didn't find the bugs yet, believe me.
Kind of my reaction, just not the religous ferver you have.
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