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Keep Your Wine Cellar Cool in the Hot Chicago Heat with Advanced Wine Cellar Cooling Systems

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Chicago is no Los Angeles in terms of heat, but it is still important to keep your wine at the perfect temperature and humidity to enjoy it better.

So if you are serious about your wine, then you will want to invest in a custom wine cellar. Storing your vintage and expensive wines properly is key to great wine for years to come.

Every wine cellar needs to have a wine cellar refrigeration system. They are a lot more advanced than simple window cooling systems and can maintain an exact temperature and humidity for your wine collection.

To properly age wine needs exact temperature and humidity levels, making the refrigeration system key to your wine cellar. Cutting money here could mean ruining your wine collection through overheating.

Investing in a cheap refrigeration system might keep your wine safe for a short time, but can be just as devastating as not having a refrigeration system at all.

Refrigeration systems may fail when they are under a lot of stress if they are built with cheaper components. Unfortunately, most wine cellar refrigeration system manufacturers cut costs to make as much profit as possible.

And since you are buying from a manufacturer and having the unit installed by a local HVAC contractor it can be confusing who to ask to get your unit repaired or replaced. Often you will have to pay out of your pocket for the repairs and the whole thing can be a huge hassle.

The hassle can be avoided by avoiding these types of manufacturers…

Shopping from a licensed refrigeration contractor such as Arctic Metalworks is your best choice. They’ll take responsibility for the reliability of your system and will provide you with the best service and maintenance you could ask for.

Not only that but their systems are made from the highest quality components in order to give you one of the most reliable systems on the market.

Read more about these amazing contractors here… Arctic Metalworks Custom Wine Cellar & Refrigeration Systems

Wine Cellar Refrigeration Systems Chicago, Basic Components

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Get a clear understanding of how the cooling system in your wine cellar works. At Custom Wine Cellars Chicago we are always on the lookout for helpful content that helps our clients understand all about their custom wine cellars. We think this video by Dan Phillips of US Cellar Systems does a great job of explaining the basic processes of a cooling system.

Wine Cellar Cooling System – How It Works

Enhanced Video Transcription, Wine Cellar Cooling System – How It Works

Hello, my name is Dan Philips owner and technical adviser for US Cellar Systems. Today we’re going to go over the basic components of a wine cellar refrigerated system and how refrigeration systems work generally.

This will give you a basic understanding of how the cooling system for your wine cellar operates.

The Primary Components of a Wine Cellar Refrigeration System Are:

  1. The Compressor
  2. The Condenser
  3. The Metering Device
  4. The Evaporator Coil

The refrigeration cycle starts with the compressor, which brings in a low-pressure, low-temperature gas from the evaporator coil.  It then compresses the gas into a high-pressure, high-temperature gas and then forces it into the condenser.

The condenser condenses the high-pressure, high-temperature gas into a high-pressure warm liquid.  It does this either by moving air across the coil or by using some other medium that can be used to take the heat out of the refrigerant.   Then this high-pressure warm liquid will move through the system to the metering device.  The metering device causes a drop in pressure where the gas goes from a high-pressure, high-temperature liquid to a low-pressure, low-temperature liquid.

It is this change in pressure from, low to high that causes it to get very cold.  The liquid, on moving into the evaporator, thus absorbs heat from the room in just about the reverse process of what the condenser does by the warmer air coming in across the evaporator coil.  The ambient heat in the air is being absorbed causing the air to cool, this cooler air is then returned back to the room.

Dan Phillips US Cellar Systems Owner & Expert – Wine Cellar Refrigeration Units

This process turns the liquid refrigerant back into your low-pressure, low-temperature gas and it returns back to the compressor to repeat the cycle.

Visit US Cellar Systems at WineCellarRefrigerationSystems.com to find a reseller near you or call +1 (562) 513-3017.  US Cellar Systems is a Trade Only wholesale supplier of innovative wine cellar refrigeration equipment.

We will provide advice to homeowners and design consultants and can put you in touch with professional installers should you have a custom wine cellar or commercial wine display cabinet project.