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Check what temp of air coming out of cooler is, and see if it is
within spec. If it is blowing 61, do not expect 53.

close to 20% of your outside surface is floor. what's the ambient
summer temp of the floor?

The door is 5% of your total area. Why not get an insulated door. If
in the US, go to Home Depot or Lowe's, and get a mistake. They have
lots of them.

On 4 Dec 2004 09:23:09 -0800, (clinresearcher)
wrote:

>Hi-I have a 1300 bottle cellar built during a basement renovation by a
>general contractor. Problem is that temp rises to roughly 62-63 deg
>during summer, despite cooler set at 57, which runs almost constantly
>(bsmt is airconditioned to around 77 summertime). Once basement cools
>off for winter (into high 60's), it cools down to set temp of 57.
>
>Specs--8x6x6 ft, 384 c.f., with Whisperkool 3000 cooler, sized
>properly based on cubic footage, all interior walls in air conditioned
>basement. Contractor swears insulation was up to spec R13 walls R30
>ceiling. Wood door with single (I know that's wrong) pane glass-but I
>tried covering the glass with foam insulation board to see if that was
>problem but temps stayed up.
>
>I've thought of several possible fixes:
>1) Upsize to larger Whisperkool, say 4200 BTU ($1600)
>2) Add small second cooler, like the new ChillR units at Wine
>Enthusiast, maybe the 1500 or 2000 BTU unit ($500 plus install)
>3) Try a double paned glass door despite my experiment ($1000-2000?)
>4) Tear up drywall and check insulation ($thousands plus spousal
>wrath)
>
>Suggestions? How much bigger a Whisperkool if I did that (is there a
>disadvantage to an overly large unit?). Anyone have experience with a
>ChillR
>unit?
>
>Thanks for your help!