Yep, and my glass carboy was great until it slipped and only fell a few inches but onto concrete was enough to break it (luckily it was empty at the time). I've never understood the websites that say a plastic bucket should only be used 4-5 times.
The fridge doesn't know what temperature it is at. There is a controller and a compressor. That's about it. If you set it up such that the compressor is being turned on and off every 30 seconds, sure it is going to die because it has a life cycle. But to say that operating a fridge at 60F is...