WineKeeper MAGNUM User Manual
MAGNUM
Operating Instructions Manual
Table of Contents
Setting Up Your Unit 1
Unpacking, installing faucets, installing the regulator, and connecting wine bottles.
Getting to Know Your WineKeeper™ 2
Temperature zones, lights, cords, hoses, knobs, and switches.
Operating Your Unit 3
Changing bottles and gas cylinders.
Cleaning Your Unit 4
Troubleshooting 5
Finding a nitrogen leak, frost build-up, or making temperature adjustments.
Magnum Temperature Controller 7
FAQs 11
Technical Information 13
System diagram and wiring diagram.
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Petaluma, CA 94954
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Unpacking
While unpacking your unit, please check to make sure that all parts are included and undamaged. Please call WineKeeper at
855.511.5113 if there are any problems. YOU MUST REPORT damage immediately and missing parts within 7 days of receiving
your unit.
ese parts are included with your unit:
• Appropriate number of faucets for your unit
• Regulator (for use with rellable nitrogen or argon cylinder)
• Cleaning kit
• Instructions
Setting Up Your Unit
• Your WineKeeper wine dispensing unit must be installed on a at, level surface with vented space of at least 3" behind, 1"
on the sides, and 12" above the unit for proper ventilation. Once your unit is properly located, attach the faucets. Taking
care to align the threads properly, place the faucet on the thru-wall and tighten the wing nut.
You may now plug the units’ power cord into 110 volt grounded
electrical outlets.
An 8 foot gas supply line is included with your unit. e supply
line includes a quick connect tting that connects to the regulator
supplied with your unit. USING A REGULATOR OTHER THAN
THE ONE SUPPLIED WILL VOID THE WARRANTY. Your
nitrogen/argon cylinder can be placed anywhere convenient—
vertical or horizontal.
DO NOT TAMPER WITH OR REMOVE THE QUICKDISCONNECT TO COUPLE YOUR GAS SUPPLY LINE AND
REGULATOR, THIS WILL ALSO VOID THE WARRANTY.
Hand tighten the supplied regulator to your nitrogen/argon cylinder, do not use a wrench. Do not connect the gas line to the
regulator at this time. Open the gas cylinder valve (turn the valve
counter-clockwise to open.) e gas pressure from the cylinder will
seal the regulator in place. e gauge on the regulator should read
approx. 1800 lbs. for an aluminum cylinder, and 2200 lbs. for a steel
cylinder, when full.
You must now bleed the air from the system. With all the pinch clamps open, attach the gas supply line quick connect tting to the
regulator tting. Be sure the small metal lever on the gas supply line tting is in the down position. When the gas begins to ow
through the lines and out the stopper assemblies, move down the unit closing o all the pinch clamps. You are now ready to connect
wine bottles.
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How to Attach Wine Bottles to Your Machine
1. Place the stopper assembly into the wine bottle. (Attach FULL wine
bottles ONLY.)
2. While holding the stopper so that the latex seal is just at the lip of the
bottle opening, open the pinch clamp for 2 seconds. is will displace
the air from the bottleneck.
3. Close o the pinch clamp, and insert the stopper all the way into the
bottle.
4. Hold the stopper assembly with one hand and tighten the knurled
thumbwheel clockwise with the other hand until gently snug. Turn the
thumbwheel 1⁄4 to 1⁄2 of a turn further. DO NOT OVER-TIGHTEN
THE THUMBWHEEL. If the thumbwheel “pops" while turning, you
have over-tightened it. e best seal is obtained with a dry bottleneck
and latex seal. OVER-TIGHTENING will damage the stopper.
5. Adjust the sliding stainless steel tube for proper bottle depth. e tube
may be placed all the way to the bottom for white wines, and slightly
raised o the bottom for red wines with sediment.
6. Open all pinch clamps and pull the faucet handle to produce a drop of
wine from each faucet. is removes the air trapped between the wine in
the tube and the faucet tip.
7. Dispense wine by pulling the faucet handle completely forward to achieve a clean pour.
Note: WineKeeper has preset your unit to hold white wine at 44o-45 o F and red wine at 62 o -64 o F. After initial set up is complete,
let your unit run for 24 hours before attempting any temperature adjustment. (See “Temperature Adjustment" and “FAQs" #3, #4, #5
and #6, before adjusting temperature).
Getting to Know Your WineKeeper
is unit uses pressurized nitrogen or argon gas to dispense and preserve wine from within a temperature-controlled zone. Your unit
may have 2 temperature zones, only the white side can be controlled by the thermostat. e red side temperature is controlled by
adjustable vent holes in the plexi-glass divider. Six to ten bottle magnum units are also equipped with a heating element in the red
wine zone to help maintain a warmer temperature. On these units the heating element adjustment knob is located on the vent panel.
Rotate the knob to the right (clockwise) to increase the temperature, to the left (counter-clockwise) to decrease. Use this heat source
as little as possible and in conjunction with the divider vent hole covers.
ese units are illuminated by series of light tubes installed on the inside of the unit. e light tubes are controlled by a switch
located on the front of the unit under the digital temperature display, see diagram on next page.
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Your unit uses a nitrogen or argon cylinder (not included) located remotely and connected to your unit by an 8-foot long braided
hose that has a metal quick disconnect tting on the end. is hose exits the rear of the unit at the bottom next to the power cords.
e aluminum lter screen on rear attaches with magnets and must be cleaned every 2 months, more often if dusty or dirty. e lter
screen covers the lower vent cover, and must always be in place when unit is operating.
CAUTION: Risk of Electric Shock !
is equipment may have two or more power supply cords.
Unplug all cords before moving or servicing this equipment.
Operating Your Unit
Changing bottles
1. Pinch o the nitrogen clamp.
2. Loosen the thumbwheel.
3. Remove the empty bottle, replace with full bottle.
4. Follow steps 1-7 listed in “Setting Up Your Unit".
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