Hygrometry
Your cellar is equipped with a dynamic humidity system, which regulates the humidity level in
the cabinet entirely automatically. No addition of water is required.
It is necessary to wait a few days after start-up for the average (between 55 and 75%) to
stabilise in the cabinet. Frost will form at the bottom of the cabinet: no cause for worry, this is
a normal phenomenon, which may appear when the appliance is used for the first time during
the hotter periods of the year and which will disappear when the natural inertia level is
reached.
The winter system
The winter kit is a frost protection system which enables the cellar to operate in an
environment where the temperature is between 0 and 32°C. A sensor located outside the
appliance triggers a low power electrical element when the ambient temperature in the room
falls to around 8°C in case. This is a low power element to avoid sudden rises in the
temperature of the wine and so avoid thermal shocks that are damaging to the preservation of
the wine. The kit is intended to raise the cellar's internal temperature even before there is a
thermal exchange with the bottles.
IMPORTANT: if the temperature in the room where your wine cellar is located is about
12ºC (± 2°C), no production of warm or cold air will be observed. The appliance is then
completely silent and this is quite normal. It should not be considered as a
malfunction.
The anti-UV system
Light accelerates the aging of wine. In our solid door cellars, your wines are naturally
protected, on condition, of course, that the door is not opened too often. Models with a glass
door are UV treated, thus filtering out damaging ultraviolet rays: your wines are therefore
protected.
Defrosting
Your appliance is equipped with an automatic defrost cycle. When a cooling cycle finishes, the
appliance's refrigerated surfaces are defrosted automatically. The defrost water is channelled
into a condensates evaporation tray which is located in the back of the appliance near the
compressor. The heat produced by the compressor then evaporates the condensates
collected in the tray.
Lock (depending on model)
For cellars fitted with a lock, the keys can be found in the bag along with the manual. To open
the cellar, turn the key anti clockwise.
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