Vintage Cellars CellarPro Owners Manual - Manual (Page 6)

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• Installation
CellarPro cooling units are designed to be installed inside wine cellars that have
proper insulation, moisture barriers and airtight seals from the environment outside
the cellar.
Interior walls and floor should have a minimum of R-11 insulation, and a vapor
barrier on the warm side of the insulation. The ceiling should have a minimum of R-
19 insulation and a vapor barrier on the warm side of the insulation. Doors also
should be insulated and tightly sealed with weather stripping around the perimeter of
the door. Surface-mounted fixtures are recommended over recessed lighting, which
can allow air to leak into the cellar.
It is critical that all walls, joints, doors and windows, electrical outlets and/or
switches, pipes, vents and light fixtures be sealed to prevent air and moisture from
entering the cellar. If there is a leak in the cellar, the cooling unit will build up excess
condensation that eventually may damage the internal components and shorten the
life of the cooling unit, and may cause water to leak from the cooling unit.
CellarPro cooling units should be mounted in the upright position and located as
close to the ceiling as possible inside the cellar. Optional mounting clips for
attaching the front of the cooling unit to the ceiling are available for purchase from
CellarPro. As warm air rises to the top of the cellar, the cooling unit pulls the warm air
through the evaporator coils and removes the heat from the warm air. Once cooled,
the cold air is discharged from the bottom of the cooling unit and dissipates
downward through the cellar.
In most cases, the rear of the cooling unit will be flush with the outside wall, and
assuming 4 1/2 inch interior wall thickness, the front 12 inches will be inside the
cellar. At a minimum, the front 8” of the cooling unit must be located inside the
cellar, because the cold air discharge is located underneath the cooling unit.
The cooling unit should be mounted in a hole through the wall that is cut 1/4 inch
larger than the dimensions (W x H) of the cooling unit. Horizontal 2 x 4 inch braces
should be installed between the studs below and above the cooling unit. If the studs
in the wall must be cut to accommodate the width of the cooling unit, vertical braces
also should be installed on either side of the cooling unit. A shelf with a diagonal
brace should be installed inside the cellar below the cooling unit. The shelf should
be 13 inches wide, and should be positioned on the right side of the cooling unit so
that it doesn’t restrict the exhaust vent below the cooling unit.
Once the cooling unit is installed, all cracks and gaps between the cooling unit and
the cellar should be sealed. We provide butyl tape (shipped in the cavity of the
exhaust vent) for sealing these gaps. The butyl tape becomes pliable by rolling it in
your hands. Pay particular attention to the seams on the back of the cellar (top and
rear vent configurations) and the seams at the top of the cellar (top-vent
configuration).