The internal temperature increases gradually — the customer opens the door several times a day
to check the temperature:
It must be explained to worried customers who open the door very frequently in order to check the winter system is working correctly, that this is detrimental to restoring a higher temperature in the device. Each time the door is opened, a very significant amount of energy is lost, which further impedes the reheating process (imagine heating your house with the doors and windows open, etc.).
Slow increase of the temperature:
To customers who complain that the temperature does not rise quickly enough, it must be explained that the wine does not withstand drastic temperature fluctuations. This is why our winter system is a low powered device ensuring a slow and gradual increase of the internal temperature and not creating a thermal shock.
Loading a large number of very cold bottles:
The winter system must not only increase the internal temperature (air) but also that of the content.
On average, one bottle = 1.3 kg. Therefore, one hundred bottles generates a mass of 130 kg, which is a considerable amount and will therefore require a long time with the door closed to reheat everything very slowly.
Bear in mind the time required to cool one bottle of water from 18°C to + 4°C in the fridge. Adding this bottle to the remaining content of the wine cabinet is enough to illustrate the applicable phenomenon of thermal inertia.
The best way to determine a meaningful diagnosis is to fit a temperature recorder for 24 to 48 hours.
The curve clearly illustrates the average temperature and the corresponding fluctuations linked to the shut-down and start-up of the winter system.
Place a submersible thermometer in a bottle filled with water to determine the exact temperature of the liquid.
How to check the functionality of the winter system:
Checking the ambient temperature and the one inside the wine cabinet:
If the temperature in the cabinet is higher than the ambient temperature, the reheating process is in progress. Leave the device running, limiting the amount of times the door is opened as much as possible. These instructions are much more important to follow when the ambient temperature has dropped.
Equip yourself with a cold spray.
Access the system's thermostat sensor located in the upper part of the cabinet.
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