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Wine Guardian D200WC Water Cooled Ducted Wine Cooling Unit
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The Wine Guardian D200WC water-cooled ducted cooling unit is the largest factory-configured water-cooled system Wine Guardian builds, rated 15,680 BTU/h at 230 V and 15,350 BTU/h at 208 V at an 80°F condenser inlet, and published for wine rooms of 1,500 to 7,000 cubic feet.
The difference from the air-cooled D200 is where the heat goes, and that is the whole decision. A water-cooled unit exists for the room that has nowhere acceptable to send warm exhaust air: a sealed mechanical space, a finished basement with no route outside, a restaurant back-of-house where the heat would land on staff, or a build where a condenser air stream cannot be routed at all; our worked example of climate control in a commercial restaurant wine room shows what that constraint looks like on a real project. In exchange the heat has to leave through water, and Wine Guardian names a cooling tower, a lake or a geothermal source as the supplies these systems are built for, so long as the water is available year-round. Specifying the D200WC is a building-services decision before it is a cooling decision.
Wine Guardian publishes a safe condenser inlet water temperature range of 45°F to 85°F and warns that water entering above 85°F risks tripping the high-pressure switch. The water block on the ducted specifications sheet gives the D200 column 2.50 GPM at a 20°F rise, a 1.20 PSI pressure drop and a 0.63 inch outside-diameter connection; the installing contractor confirms the loop can deliver them, and Wine Guardian lists the D200WC at an installation level of Licensed Contractor while the air-cooled D200 is listed as Handyperson/Contractor. For the trade reader specifying it, our list of the wine cellar spec notes that prevent the most common contractor mistakes covers what tends to go wrong at that stage.
Every unit is a self-contained Sentinel Series ducted chassis with a coated evaporator coil, a Wireless2Base remote interface controller, an aluminum chassis with UL-rated composite panels and Wine Guardian fail-safe protection. As an authorized Wine Guardian dealer we publish the D200WC with the manufacturer's own figures, column by column, so the unit can be compared and sized properly. Final sizing should be confirmed with the Wine Guardian cooling calculator and a licensed HVAC professional.
A water-cooled Wine Guardian system carries cellar heat out through a building water loop instead of blowing it into an adjacent room, which is what makes it workable where a condenser air stream has nowhere to go.
Questions about fit? Call our specialists at (800) 260-1712.
The D200WC is the right unit when a wine room of 1,500 to 7,000 cubic feet has no acceptable place to reject heat into the air and the building already runs a year-round water loop. It is the top of the Sentinel ducted range and sits with the other cooling units for commercial cellars of 4,500 to 7,000 cubic feet, though Wine Guardian publishes its volume from 1,500 cubic feet upward, so smaller high-load rooms can land here too.
The D200WC pairs the standard Sentinel Series ducted platform with a factory-configured water-cooled condenser section, so everything except the heat-rejection path is shared with the air-cooled D200.
| Feature | What it means for your cellar |
|---|---|
| Self-contained ducted chassis | Evaporator, fans, compressor, condenser section and controls sit in one unit outside the wine room and connect through insulated ductwork, so the wine room stays quiet and free of equipment. |
| Water-cooled condenser section | Heat leaves through a building water loop rather than a condenser air stream, so no room has to absorb the exhaust. The loop must already exist and must run all year. |
| Factory-configured condensing coil and water-regulating valve | Wine Guardian builds the water side into the unit rather than leaving it to be assembled on site, and the regulating valve meters loop flow to the load instead of running wide open. |
| Copper straight tube water connections | Cooling water inlet and outlet are copper straight tube, so the connection is made by the plumbing or mechanical trade during installation and not by the owner afterwards. |
| Coated evaporator coil | Wine Guardian coats the evaporator side on all its systems to protect against corrosion over long service life in a humid room. |
| Wireless2Base remote interface controller | Reads temperature and humidity continuously and corrects conditions before the collection is affected; the controller can sit in a kitchen, office or den rather than in the cellar. |
| Precision control on the specifications sheet | The ducted specifications sheet gives the unit a control accuracy of ±1°F and ±10% RH, holding wine storage conditions of 55°F to 58°F. The installation manual separately states a general system tolerance of ±2°F. |
| Aluminum chassis with UL-rated composite panels | Wine Guardian builds the panels and duct collars from its highest-rated UL composite material, which it describes as five times stronger than the previous generation. |
| Optional bundles and humidification | The All Wine Temperatures bundle adds an integral electric heater and a 45°F to 64°F range; an integrated or freestanding Wine Guardian humidifier raises humidity to 55% to 65% relative humidity. |
The loop has to deliver water into the condenser between 45°F and 85°F, all year, without being shut down or borrowed by another load. Wine Guardian's ducted installation and operation manual states that the safe operating range of the condenser inlet water temperature is 45°F to 85°F, and warns that water entering above 85°F risks tripping the high-pressure switch. It also states that it does not recommend a water-cooled system on a city water supply, which rules out a metered municipal feed and leaves the cooling tower, lake and geothermal sources Wine Guardian names.
Wine Guardian publishes how much water this model takes. The specifications sheet block headed Water-cooled Condenser Section (option) gives the D200 column 2.50 GPM of water usage at a 20°F rise, a 1.20 PSI pressure drop and a 0.63 inch outside-diameter pipe connection. Have the installing contractor confirm the loop can deliver that flow before the plumbing is roughed in.
Wine Guardian publishes an installation level of Licensed Contractor for the D200WC on its own product page, and Handyperson/Contractor for the air-cooled D200. The water side is what raises the requirement, and the ducted installation and operation manual is written for a trade audience. Treat the D200WC as a licensed-contractor installation involving both an HVAC trade and a plumbing or mechanical trade.
Built-in protection: the system checks conditions continuously through remote air sensing and adjusts before temperature or humidity drift can reach the collection.
Wine Guardian does not publish a decibel rating for its ducted units, so the honest answer is about placement rather than a number. The D200WC installs outside the wine room and connects through insulated ductwork, so the compressor and fans are never in the space you occupy. Rejecting heat to water instead of air removes the second source as well: there is no condenser fan blowing into an adjacent room, which is often the noise a finished basement or a restaurant back-of-house cannot absorb.
Wine Guardian publishes the D200 platform in two voltage columns, 208 V and 230 V, so every capacity and current figure below carries the voltage it belongs to as well as its measurement condition. The capacity ladder is printed on the ducted specifications sheet against condenser inlet temperature, in the manufacturer's own order, and is not re-sorted here. Two rungs are printed as N/A rather than as figures, and they are published that way below rather than interpolated.
Minimum circuit ampacity, maximum overcurrent protection and the electric heat rating are printed on the ducted specifications sheet as combined heat and no-heat values inside single cells, and the D200 pair inverts, so none of the three is reproduced here. Take them from that sheet and have a licensed electrician size the circuit, the disconnect and the overcurrent protection. Condenser fan wattage and condenser airflow are not shown either: the D200WC rejects its heat to the water loop, not to a condenser air stream. The evaporator-side fan wattage and airflow are published in the table above. The 206 lb weight and the 41.5 in x 22.5 in x 19 in dimensions are the figures Wine Guardian publishes in the Additional Information table on its own D200WC page; the specifications sheet leaves the D200 weight cell blank, and these describe the unit rather than the crated shipping weight, so confirm shipping weight with Wine Guardian before rigging is planned or freight is booked. Wine Guardian's D200WC page also states a capacity of up to 14,100 BTU/H in its prose while its own table gives 8,000 to 15,680 BTU; the specifications sheet figures are published above and the difference is left visible rather than resolved silently.
Accessory availability and pricing are confirmed on each live product page. Note that the D200WC's minimum ductwork size is 12 in on the evaporator side, so the 10 in duct components listed here suit the smaller Sentinel ducted units; have the installing contractor size duct components for this model. An integrated or freestanding Wine Guardian humidifier can be added to reach 55% to 65% relative humidity.
The D200WC and the air-cooled D200 are the same cooling platform and are published from the same D200 columns of the ducted specifications sheet; they differ only in where the heat goes and what the building must already provide. The D088WC is the water-cooled step down when the room is smaller.
| Decision factor | D200WC (water-cooled) | D200 (air-cooled) | D088WC (water-cooled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where the unit sends its heat | Into a building water loop | Into the air around the unit | Into a building water loop |
| What the building must already provide | A year-round supply entering between 45°F and 85°F | A route for warm condenser air | A year-round supply entering between 45°F and 85°F |
| Rated capacity at an 80°F condenser inlet | 15,680 BTU/h at 230 V; 15,350 BTU/h at 208 V | 15,680 BTU/h at 230 V; 15,350 BTU/h at 208 V, same sheet columns | 9,600 BTU/h at 230 V; 9,420 BTU/h at 208 V |
| Cellar volume published by Wine Guardian | 1,500 to 7,000 ft³ | 1,500 to 7,000 ft³ | 850 to 4,500 ft³ |
Best for: choose the D200WC if a wine room of 1,500 to 7,000 cubic feet has nowhere acceptable to reject heat into the air and a year-round water loop is already on site. Not ideal for: choose the air-cooled D200 if a ventilated space is available, because it is the same platform with no water connection, one fewer trade and a lower published installation level; choose the D088WC if the room is comfortably under 4,500 cubic feet, because the larger compressor buys capacity you will not use. Compare the rest of the range on the Wine Guardian water-cooled ducted cooling systems page before committing to a loop connection. This guidance is general and is meant to help narrow the selection; final sizing should be confirmed with a licensed HVAC professional.
Talk to us about whether your loop can carry the D200WC, or compare it against the rest of the water-cooled range. This guidance is general and is meant to help narrow the selection; final sizing, installation design, electrical requirements and the water connection should be confirmed with Wine Guardian documentation and a licensed HVAC professional or qualified contractor.
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The Wine Guardian D200WC water-cooled ducted cooling unit is the largest factory-configured water-cooled system Wine Guardian builds, rated 15,680 BTU/h at 230 V and 15,350 BTU/h at 208 V at an 80°F condenser inlet, and published for wine rooms of 1,500 to 7,000 cubic feet.
The difference from the air-cooled D200 is where the heat goes, and that is the whole decision. A water-cooled unit exists for the room that has nowhere acceptable to send warm exhaust air: a sealed mechanical space, a finished basement with no route outside, a restaurant back-of-house where the heat would land on staff, or a build where a condenser air stream cannot be routed at all; our worked example of climate control in a commercial restaurant wine room shows what that constraint looks like on a real project. In exchange the heat has to leave through water, and Wine Guardian names a cooling tower, a lake or a geothermal source as the supplies these systems are built for, so long as the water is available year-round. Specifying the D200WC is a building-services decision before it is a cooling decision.
Wine Guardian publishes a safe condenser inlet water temperature range of 45°F to 85°F and warns that water entering above 85°F risks tripping the high-pressure switch. The water block on the ducted specifications sheet gives the D200 column 2.50 GPM at a 20°F rise, a 1.20 PSI pressure drop and a 0.63 inch outside-diameter connection; the installing contractor confirms the loop can deliver them, and Wine Guardian lists the D200WC at an installation level of Licensed Contractor while the air-cooled D200 is listed as Handyperson/Contractor. For the trade reader specifying it, our list of the wine cellar spec notes that prevent the most common contractor mistakes covers what tends to go wrong at that stage.
Every unit is a self-contained Sentinel Series ducted chassis with a coated evaporator coil, a Wireless2Base remote interface controller, an aluminum chassis with UL-rated composite panels and Wine Guardian fail-safe protection. As an authorized Wine Guardian dealer we publish the D200WC with the manufacturer's own figures, column by column, so the unit can be compared and sized properly. Final sizing should be confirmed with the Wine Guardian cooling calculator and a licensed HVAC professional.
A water-cooled Wine Guardian system carries cellar heat out through a building water loop instead of blowing it into an adjacent room, which is what makes it workable where a condenser air stream has nowhere to go.
Questions about fit? Call our specialists at (800) 260-1712.
The D200WC is the right unit when a wine room of 1,500 to 7,000 cubic feet has no acceptable place to reject heat into the air and the building already runs a year-round water loop. It is the top of the Sentinel ducted range and sits with the other cooling units for commercial cellars of 4,500 to 7,000 cubic feet, though Wine Guardian publishes its volume from 1,500 cubic feet upward, so smaller high-load rooms can land here too.
The D200WC pairs the standard Sentinel Series ducted platform with a factory-configured water-cooled condenser section, so everything except the heat-rejection path is shared with the air-cooled D200.
| Feature | What it means for your cellar |
|---|---|
| Self-contained ducted chassis | Evaporator, fans, compressor, condenser section and controls sit in one unit outside the wine room and connect through insulated ductwork, so the wine room stays quiet and free of equipment. |
| Water-cooled condenser section | Heat leaves through a building water loop rather than a condenser air stream, so no room has to absorb the exhaust. The loop must already exist and must run all year. |
| Factory-configured condensing coil and water-regulating valve | Wine Guardian builds the water side into the unit rather than leaving it to be assembled on site, and the regulating valve meters loop flow to the load instead of running wide open. |
| Copper straight tube water connections | Cooling water inlet and outlet are copper straight tube, so the connection is made by the plumbing or mechanical trade during installation and not by the owner afterwards. |
| Coated evaporator coil | Wine Guardian coats the evaporator side on all its systems to protect against corrosion over long service life in a humid room. |
| Wireless2Base remote interface controller | Reads temperature and humidity continuously and corrects conditions before the collection is affected; the controller can sit in a kitchen, office or den rather than in the cellar. |
| Precision control on the specifications sheet | The ducted specifications sheet gives the unit a control accuracy of ±1°F and ±10% RH, holding wine storage conditions of 55°F to 58°F. The installation manual separately states a general system tolerance of ±2°F. |
| Aluminum chassis with UL-rated composite panels | Wine Guardian builds the panels and duct collars from its highest-rated UL composite material, which it describes as five times stronger than the previous generation. |
| Optional bundles and humidification | The All Wine Temperatures bundle adds an integral electric heater and a 45°F to 64°F range; an integrated or freestanding Wine Guardian humidifier raises humidity to 55% to 65% relative humidity. |
The loop has to deliver water into the condenser between 45°F and 85°F, all year, without being shut down or borrowed by another load. Wine Guardian's ducted installation and operation manual states that the safe operating range of the condenser inlet water temperature is 45°F to 85°F, and warns that water entering above 85°F risks tripping the high-pressure switch. It also states that it does not recommend a water-cooled system on a city water supply, which rules out a metered municipal feed and leaves the cooling tower, lake and geothermal sources Wine Guardian names.
Wine Guardian publishes how much water this model takes. The specifications sheet block headed Water-cooled Condenser Section (option) gives the D200 column 2.50 GPM of water usage at a 20°F rise, a 1.20 PSI pressure drop and a 0.63 inch outside-diameter pipe connection. Have the installing contractor confirm the loop can deliver that flow before the plumbing is roughed in.
Wine Guardian publishes an installation level of Licensed Contractor for the D200WC on its own product page, and Handyperson/Contractor for the air-cooled D200. The water side is what raises the requirement, and the ducted installation and operation manual is written for a trade audience. Treat the D200WC as a licensed-contractor installation involving both an HVAC trade and a plumbing or mechanical trade.
Built-in protection: the system checks conditions continuously through remote air sensing and adjusts before temperature or humidity drift can reach the collection.
Wine Guardian does not publish a decibel rating for its ducted units, so the honest answer is about placement rather than a number. The D200WC installs outside the wine room and connects through insulated ductwork, so the compressor and fans are never in the space you occupy. Rejecting heat to water instead of air removes the second source as well: there is no condenser fan blowing into an adjacent room, which is often the noise a finished basement or a restaurant back-of-house cannot absorb.
Wine Guardian publishes the D200 platform in two voltage columns, 208 V and 230 V, so every capacity and current figure below carries the voltage it belongs to as well as its measurement condition. The capacity ladder is printed on the ducted specifications sheet against condenser inlet temperature, in the manufacturer's own order, and is not re-sorted here. Two rungs are printed as N/A rather than as figures, and they are published that way below rather than interpolated.
Minimum circuit ampacity, maximum overcurrent protection and the electric heat rating are printed on the ducted specifications sheet as combined heat and no-heat values inside single cells, and the D200 pair inverts, so none of the three is reproduced here. Take them from that sheet and have a licensed electrician size the circuit, the disconnect and the overcurrent protection. Condenser fan wattage and condenser airflow are not shown either: the D200WC rejects its heat to the water loop, not to a condenser air stream. The evaporator-side fan wattage and airflow are published in the table above. The 206 lb weight and the 41.5 in x 22.5 in x 19 in dimensions are the figures Wine Guardian publishes in the Additional Information table on its own D200WC page; the specifications sheet leaves the D200 weight cell blank, and these describe the unit rather than the crated shipping weight, so confirm shipping weight with Wine Guardian before rigging is planned or freight is booked. Wine Guardian's D200WC page also states a capacity of up to 14,100 BTU/H in its prose while its own table gives 8,000 to 15,680 BTU; the specifications sheet figures are published above and the difference is left visible rather than resolved silently.
Accessory availability and pricing are confirmed on each live product page. Note that the D200WC's minimum ductwork size is 12 in on the evaporator side, so the 10 in duct components listed here suit the smaller Sentinel ducted units; have the installing contractor size duct components for this model. An integrated or freestanding Wine Guardian humidifier can be added to reach 55% to 65% relative humidity.
The D200WC and the air-cooled D200 are the same cooling platform and are published from the same D200 columns of the ducted specifications sheet; they differ only in where the heat goes and what the building must already provide. The D088WC is the water-cooled step down when the room is smaller.
| Decision factor | D200WC (water-cooled) | D200 (air-cooled) | D088WC (water-cooled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where the unit sends its heat | Into a building water loop | Into the air around the unit | Into a building water loop |
| What the building must already provide | A year-round supply entering between 45°F and 85°F | A route for warm condenser air | A year-round supply entering between 45°F and 85°F |
| Rated capacity at an 80°F condenser inlet | 15,680 BTU/h at 230 V; 15,350 BTU/h at 208 V | 15,680 BTU/h at 230 V; 15,350 BTU/h at 208 V, same sheet columns | 9,600 BTU/h at 230 V; 9,420 BTU/h at 208 V |
| Cellar volume published by Wine Guardian | 1,500 to 7,000 ft³ | 1,500 to 7,000 ft³ | 850 to 4,500 ft³ |
Best for: choose the D200WC if a wine room of 1,500 to 7,000 cubic feet has nowhere acceptable to reject heat into the air and a year-round water loop is already on site. Not ideal for: choose the air-cooled D200 if a ventilated space is available, because it is the same platform with no water connection, one fewer trade and a lower published installation level; choose the D088WC if the room is comfortably under 4,500 cubic feet, because the larger compressor buys capacity you will not use. Compare the rest of the range on the Wine Guardian water-cooled ducted cooling systems page before committing to a loop connection. This guidance is general and is meant to help narrow the selection; final sizing should be confirmed with a licensed HVAC professional.
Talk to us about whether your loop can carry the D200WC, or compare it against the rest of the water-cooled range. This guidance is general and is meant to help narrow the selection; final sizing, installation design, electrical requirements and the water connection should be confirmed with Wine Guardian documentation and a licensed HVAC professional or qualified contractor.
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