Samsung releases new all-in-one heat pump for residential use

(pv-magazine.com)

15 points | by thelastgallon 11 hours ago ago

13 comments

  • estimator7292 10 hours ago ago

    Can't wait until Samsung decides to OTA in the dead of winter and bricks people's heating systems.

    Are they going to pipe audio ads into your vents as well?

    Don't buy a Samsung anything.

    • kjs3 6 hours ago ago

      You'll need to pay for the 'advanced license' to cool below 78F or heat above 62F.

  • 1970-01-01 7 hours ago ago

    Having everything in one unit is a recipe for a single point of failure disaster. Because it's Samsung, don't expect any of the parts to be interchangeable. One unlucky lightning strike and you're forced to rebuy and reinstall another of their all-in-one units or wait without heat and AC for a week for the parts to maybe arrive undamaged.

    • dessimus 7 hours ago ago

      Not to mention Samsung's reputation with regards to its other large household appliances, like refrigerators and laundry machines. There are a significant number of posts regarding failed attempts at getting parts and service, leading to consumers having to purchase replacements much sooner than many would expect.

    • c_o_n_v_e_x 4 hours ago ago

      >Having everything in one unit is a recipe for a single point of failure disaster.

      They're optimizing for something other than resilience.

  • techbrovanguard 2 hours ago ago

    You cannot pay me to use a Samsung product. They’ve irreparably damaged my perception of South Korean technology. I implore anyone here to stay clear.

  • tribaal 10 hours ago ago

    I have an all in one heat pump right now in my house (in Europe). Not made by Samsung.

    Why is this news? Is it because it can heat water to 85 degrees Celsius? Is it because it’s Samsung?

    • hazbot 10 hours ago ago

      Integration of the air cooling and water heating. For example, I have a air conditioner pumping heat out of my house right next to a box that's putting heat into the water coming into my house.

      • tribaal 10 hours ago ago

        Ah it does ac on top, neat. Thanks!

    • suprjami 10 hours ago ago

      Probably because it combines so many functions into the one unit?

      • tribaal 10 hours ago ago

        Except using the cold output from the heat pump to serve as ac (which of arguably neat) it’s a normal heat pump

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  • Dig1t 7 hours ago ago

    It does seem very pleasing from a physics perspective. You could be cooling your house and heating your water with some of the heat you’re pumping out of your living space.

    From an engineering perspective sort of problematic having all the critical systems in your home be tied to a single point of failure.

    Classic monolith vs microservice tradeoff.