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| ChrisFoley |
 Jul 13 2015, 10:15 AM
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I am Tangerine Racing  Group: Members Posts: 7,934 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Bolton, CT Member No.: 209 Region Association: None 
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I designed this free-standing wine rack for myself using stainless steel tubing.
The first one is 8 bottles high by 14 bottles wide for under counter used. I can easily re-configure for full height by 5 bottles wide. I'll be building this in the next couple of weeks and will post a picture of the completed unit.  |
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| ChrisFoley |
Aug 26 2015, 02:51 PM
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I am Tangerine Racing Group: Members Posts: 7,934 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Bolton, CT Member No.: 209 Region Association: None
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If you noticed the plastic loops of tubing in the back, those are for the cooling system.
At present I have cold well water trickling through all the bottle support hoops. That is keeping the wine nearly 10 degrees below room temp. I'll upgrade that to a solenoid operated setup with a thermostat for better efficiency. I have an even better cooling system planned, one that is good enough to sell with the rack. It will use a small thermoelectric heat exchanger and a small circulating pump for a closed loop system. The thermoelectric unit will be remotely located so the warm air isn't reintroduced into the storage location. |
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| ChrisFoley |
Oct 5 2015, 12:59 PM
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I am Tangerine Racing Group: Members Posts: 7,934 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Bolton, CT Member No.: 209 Region Association: None
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QUOTE(Racer Chris @ Aug 26 2015, 04:51 PM)  I have an even better cooling system planned, one that is good enough to sell with the rack. I'm currently testing the thermoelectric closed loop cooling system. The chilling unit I bought is listed as 50W capacity, but I'm actually drawing closer to 150 watts including the controller, transformer, fan, and circulating pump. First tests were a little disappointing - the lowest temp reached was still above my desired setpoint and the unit was running constantly - but the rack is uninsulated, just protected from air currents. I did install a triple track sliding door with 1/4" birch plywood panels. I found that by reducing the water flow rate my thermal transfer rate improved and the temp dropped some more. I added minimal insulation where it was convenient, but still far from what a fully enclosed unit could be. Now it reaches a lower setpoint (59.5 deg. F) and it holds the bottle temps to about half a degree variation. The next step will be designing the cooling system to be compact and as an integrated part of the product. I'm ready to build a fully enclosed rack next, with double glazed panels and a better prototype chiller attached. |
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Racer Chris Custom Built Wine Racks Jul 13 2015, 10:15 AM
Racer Chris Here's the unit nearly completed in my shop:
... Aug 10 2015, 12:12 PM JmuRiz Very cool, wish I had the room and collection to j... Aug 25 2015, 03:25 PM
Racer Chris
Very cool, wish I had the room and collection to ... Aug 26 2015, 02:44 PM kid914 Niiiiiiiiiice work Chris. :first:
What is the st... Aug 26 2015, 04:58 PM Racer Chris
Niiiiiiiiiice work Chris. :first:
What is the s... Aug 27 2015, 06:19 AM Racer Chris I'm making these countertop racks right now.
T... Dec 18 2015, 11:36 AM |
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