originally posted by JasonA:
originally posted by Mark Davis:
Peter-
My recommendation: get a split system, have it expertly designed (by someone other than cellartec), factor in all the unique parameters of your system and room, and...realize 50deg/70% hum is much different than 55/70 or 60/70 in terms of system design.
..and condensate pumps/lines suck in cold weather and add add'l risk. Drain w/gravity..and definitely drain it -- you don't want the potential for extra humidity near your air handler.
--mark
Mark,
Cellartec touched a nerve huh?
I didn't mean to discount the attention you have spent on your cellar design or construction. I was speaking in generalities as I certainly cannot provide specific advise with the limited information provided. I think the important thing that we can agree on is that wine cellar cooling should be engineered as refrigeration and not air conditioning. The operative word here being engineered.
That said I do think you are somewhat of a zealot on the design and maintenance of specific temperature/humidity parameters, I mean it is wine storage, not a mission critical data center. So pop one those zins already.
PS. I understand some of your points about condensate pumps, i.e. they are a pump and subject to failure - gravity works everyday - but I don't understand what you are speaking about when you say they suck in cold weather. Is your discharge line terminating outdoors and freezing up? You should be able to find an indoor point of discharge to avoid that problem.
