Sized to the room, not to the box

Wine Cellar Cooling Units

The cooling is the part that fails in a wine room, so we size it from the room volume, the insulation and the glass area rather than from a bottle count. Split, ducted or through-wall, with the condenser kept where you cannot hear it.

Reviewed by Stone Zeng, Export DirectorUpdated Factory Shunde, Foshan

What this one is

One page inside the cellar systems group — sized to the room, not to the box. What follows is how it meets the wall, how the rows are pitched, and what the drawing has to settle before anything is cut.

Where it goes

It is built with integrated cooling rather than a separate chiller.

Bottle fit and cradle pitch

Every row is cut to the bottles it will hold, and the drawing labels which row takes which shape.

What the drawing fixes

Everything on the drawing comes back to four numbers: lead time 35 – 50 days. Change one of them and it is a different cabinet, drawn again rather than stretched. Split · Ducted · Through-wall are the mounting conditions this one is drawn for.

Finish

Any of the 63 codes — see stainless steel finishes — and the lead time behind each one is quoted per project.

Types
Split · ducted · through-wall · self-contained
Range
8 – 18 °C, ±1 °C, adjustable
Humidity
55 – 75 % RH, held with the cooling
Sizing
From room volume, insulation and glass area
Compressor
Embraco, R600a or R134a by size
Power
110 V / 60 Hz for the US — compressor spec changed for the US market
Noise
Split condenser remote, 38 – 45 dB at the evaporator
Lead time
35 – 50 days

Lead times quoted per project.

Also in this group

More cellar systems

Wine Cellar Cooling Units — stainless steel detail, BOGEQI
Wine Cellar Cooling Units — stainless steel detail, BOGEQI
Wine Cellar Cooling Units — stainless steel detail, BOGEQI
Wine Cellar Cooling Units — stainless steel detail, BOGEQI

Made in our own factory in Shunde, Foshan: frame, finish, cradle and cooling in one workshop. Production runs 30 to 40 days after the deposit and is quoted per project. Crated for your forwarder; installation by your fitter to our drawing.

Questions

Before you order a wine cellar cooling units

Split or through-wall — which one?

Split if the cellar is near a living space, because the noisy half sits outside. Through-wall if there is an outside wall and the budget matters more than the last 5 dB.

How do you stop the glass sweating?

Double glazing plus a low-wattage perimeter heater on the warm side of the door, wired to the light circuit. It costs a few watts and removes the whole problem.

What if the unit fails in year three?

The compressor and controller are Embraco and a standard controller respectively, both stocked by US refrigeration distributors. You are not waiting on a part from China.

Custom stainless steel wine cabinet, lit interior
Next step

Send the wall, not the wish list

Three photographs and the bottle count is enough for a scheme and a fixed price.