New Refrigerator - Capital Expenditure or Repair?

[Marty Rogachefsky]

New investor here!

We had to replace our refrigerator in our rental, due to the old one breaking. Is this a Capital expenditure or an operating expense?

I'm also wondering what the advantages are of classifying one as an operating expense vs. a capital expenditure. Isn't an operating expense better since it's deducted immediately rather than over 27.5 years as a depreciation expense?