Irregardless of how A/C works, if the room is cool enough as it is,
why add the cooling? Just get a dehumidifier. they are cheaper than
an a/c unit anyway. If your wine room is in the basement, it should
be easy to setup a pipe from the tub that collects the water, running
to the sump, or a floor drain or something like it. then you wouldn't
have to run downstairs to empty the dehumidifier each day.

I guess that would be the big advntage to the a/c... don't have to
empty it as it will drip outside....

On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 22:25:14 -0500, "Patrick McDonald"
wrote:

Air conditioners do remove moisture from the room. Largely, the evaporator
coil is at or below the dew point for the air and as such, the moisture will
condense onto the coil surface. This is the only way that a coil will freeze
up.

Also, a properly-designed air conditioner will condition the air below 65°F
with ease. One such method for doing so is simply allow for more frequent
defrost cycles.

"Negodki" wrote in message
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"pianogal" wrote:
We are having a humidity problem in our wine cellar/cold room. It is
air
tight and we are having mold grow on the ends of the corks.

Do you think installing an air conditioning unit in one of the walls
would
alleiviate this problem?

We suppose we would run it on a timer, on a daily basis.

The room is usually cold enough without one, except in the hot summer.
And
the biggest trouble is the humidity.

Any thoughts or other ideas?

Sounds like you need a dehumidifier, not an air-conditioner. An
air-conditioner normally takes the air from the room, refrigerates it, and
blows it back into the room. This will provide cooling, but it doesn't
remove any moisture from the air. Some air-conditioners have a setting to
bring outside air into the room, but again this will not remove the
moisture
from the air in the room. You may be able to find an air-conditioner with
a
built in humidifier, but the simplest thing would be to install an exhaust
fan (like that found in bathrooms which lack windows). Most
air-conditioners
will not bring the room temperature below 65º without icing up (which
prevents them from cooling entirely), so you may wish to look into another
method for the summer time.

Here's some data about humidity problems:
http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/burema...bhose_ce27.cfm






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