Life expectancy for RV components ?

Almost impossible to answer, maintenance, usage, are the primary factors. You see mentioned on forums WH's, Fridge, furnace water pumps, AC's, etc that have lasted many years. Is there a reason for the question?

Jim

I burned up the switch and some wiring in my Water Heater last year in season 12. We use it on electric almost exclusively.

We are fulltime RV'ers for 18 years.

Our Fridge was just replaced this past spring.
A/C was replaced 3 years ago.
Convection/ Microwave replaced 2 times but we removed our oven so it is heavily used.
Dishwasher once.
Furnace & water heater still original
Our Sears stackable washer & dryer still original.
Electric Fireplace added about 10 years ago and still working.
It think that is pretty great for all these years of continual use. Hugs, Di

I trade units before they go bad. one trailer I had 20 years, the last one 14 years. don't know when I will get rid of this one.

I just changed an inop fresh water pump that was the original one from march of 2000!

Impossible to answer due to so many variables.

In 2008 I sold our 1976 5th wheel and the water pump was the only component that wasn't original. We did replace a freshwater check valve.

camper19709 wrote:
Impossible to answer due to so many variables.

Exactly..... Some people are just inherently hard on stuff whereby other people can use the same item but have it last forever. That said, I've seen functional RV appliances so old that they looked like something out of a I love Lucy episode.

Hi,

Plastic parts generally start to get brittle and friable at about the ten year mark.

Jim-Linda wrote:
Almost impossible to answer, maintenance, usage, are the primary factors. You see mentioned on forums WH's, Fridge, furnace water pumps, AC's, etc that have lasted many years. Is there a reason for the question?

Jim

My only reason for asking is because our 5er is in it's 7th season of pretty regular use. We do a long ( 6 or 7 week ) trip each year plus several 1 or 2 week trips each year.
We have about 60k miles of towing and so far re-bushed the suspension and put new tires on it. The inverter went and was replaced under warranty. Other than it is original.
I am not trying to plot a reliability curve or anything like that. Just looking for a general feel for how long these can last if not abused.

Basically looking to see how long I should drag my feet while DW looks at new ones .......

Oops....Forgot about the wheel with hairline crack.