Samsung releases new all-in-one heat pump for residential use(www.pv-magazine.com)

19 pointsby thelastgallon8 days ago6 comments

estimator72928 days 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.
- move-on-by7 days ago
  I know this is a joke, but in all seriousness it will probably be locked to a Samsung Thermostat controller with a screen - which can absolutely show ads - and require an App with GPS permissions to work (and use your location history to drive the advertisements)
- kjs38 days ago
  You'll need to pay for the 'advanced license' to cool below 78F or heat above 62F.
1970-01-018 days 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.
- c_o_n_v_e_x8 days ago
  >Having everything in one unit is a recipe for a single point of failure disaster.
  They're optimizing for something other than resilience.
- dessimus8 days 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.
- dzhiurgis8 days ago
  Samsung is not the first one here. All in one have been around for years in Eastern Europe.
  IDK if this new but in summer cooling house while producing hot water for showers is essentially free real estate
Dig1t8 days 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.
- dzhiurgis7 days ago
  Oh no, my house will be hot AND I won't be able to shower once every 20 years!
tribaal8 days 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?
- hazbot8 days 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.
  - tribaal8 days ago
    Ah it does ac on top, neat. Thanks!
- suprjami8 days ago
  Probably because it combines so many functions into the one unit?
  - tribaal8 days ago
    Except using the cold output from the heat pump to serve as ac (which of arguably neat) it’s a normal heat pump
techbrovanguard8 days 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.
8 days ago
undefined