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Relative humidity
Between 55 and 75%, this is the average relative humidity range recommended to keep the cork of your
bottles sufficiently humid to maintain the flexibility and elasticity required to keep it hermetic to liquids,
while letting your wines breath. Your Avintage wine cellar automatically controls the relative humidity in
the cabinet.
The combination of the circulation of filtered ambient air loaded with humidity in the cabinet, the
phenomenon of condensation linked to the cabinet's operation, and the surface area of the inner steel
walls coated with a paint of large particle size offers your wines ideal ambient conditions.
Note: under exceptionally dry ambient conditions, it may be necessary to provide for the adding of water.
To do this, you can place a wet sand bin in the device or else a bowl of pure water (or tap water provided
it does not have a strong smell).
Wait a few days after you have started operating the wine cellar for the first time so that the ideal average
relative humidity (around 60%) is stabilized in the cabinet.
IMPORTANT: the humidity rate can be around 45% or even less if the appliance is plugged in a
room with extreme ambient conditions and/or if the room is very dry. Thus, it's necessary to add
water (tray, bowl, etc.) in the upper part of the wine cellar.
Relative humidity indicator
The indicated relative humidity value corresponds to a short-term average which is regularly updated.
There is nothing to worry about if the displayed relative humidity is momentarily a little lower. This time
interval which is usually very short is not sufficient for the corks to lose their elasticity. The following
values may be observed on the display:
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45% appears if the relative humidity at the cabinet's centre is between 40% and 50%

55% appears if the relative humidity at the cabinet's centre is between 50 % and 60 %
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65 % appears if the relative humidity at the cabinet's centre is between 60 % and 70 %
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75% appears if the relative humidity at the cabinet's centre is above 70 %
A pictogram and a message will be displayed if the persistent relative humidity is below 45% during 3
consecutive cycles. In that case, place a pot filled of water inside the wine cellar, and check the humidity
level after 24 hours.
Internal light
Inside lighting can be switched on by pressing the DOWN button «
symbolised by the «
maintaining the preservation conditions of your wines (low emissivity LED).
The light pictogram and a message will be displayed on the screen. If you do not switch it off, it will
automatically stop after 5 minutes. Otherwise you can switch it off by pressing again on the DOWN key
» pictogram. It offers you the possibility to illuminate your wine cellar while
» located on the control panel and
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