>>You might put a one gal jug of water and a 5 gal jug or pail of
water into the area you are concerned about. Give them a couple of
days to adjust. Then
measure the temp. in the room and each of the jugs several times a day
for a
few days and see what the temperature range really is.<<

Excellent idea. However, until I order an equipment kit, I don't have
a 5 gal bucket. Technically, the temperature of the liquid would be
the average temperature of the room. Of course, to get a really
accurate average temperature, you would have to take many, many
readings. For now, I'm just going to take 3 readings per day, each at
the same time of day. I will try to take readings on some cold days,
and some not so cold days. This should get me within 2-3 degrees F of
the actual temperature the wine will have. By the way, my first
reading was 67 deg F @ 9:00 pm tonight. I'm afraid my average
temperature in that room is going to be a little cooler than expected
(at least during the winter). I was estimating 70 deg F in the winter
and up to 76 deg F in the summer. Looks like that might be 4 or 5
degrees high.