serious wine lovers keep their bottles in a space developed for the task. If you don’t have that type of area you can still fabricate a similar storage environment. This foam box keeps kept wine at a managed temperature. It likewise keeps light off of the valuable goods. [Michael] developed it himself to utilize in his apartment as well as published a description of the develop process.
He chosen up some foil-coated foam board from the house store. six sections come together into a box about the size of a mini-fridge; 24″ by 24″. A square hole was cut in the center of the top section. This receives the smaller of two warm sinks mounted to a Peltier cooler. The temperature inside is monitored by a thermistor which [Michael] tore out of an old iPod battery. To provide him some visual comments on the interior temperature he added that yellow as well as black striped meat thermometer.
Since this is for long-lasting storage, we’d bet the system is rather efficient. As long as the door isn’t often opened the temperature modification should be rather sluggish thanks to the insulation as well as the great liquid in wine bottles.