Priority One - cooling!
From a store near the train station – I selected a “Saharawi” evaporative air cooler – 150 watts of electricity will give me the equivalent of 1500 watts of regular compressor driven air conditioning. In the year of our Lord 2010, electricity remains weak on the west bank of Luxor. I have isolated the apartment’s electric system and will soon take delivery of a quiet generator to keep the apartment priorities working whenever electricity fails: Priorities include: refrigerator, air cooler, computers. The hot water heater works at night – when electricity works OK.
After paying for the air cooler, we took the unit from beneath several layers of boxes in a warehouse down a back alley. Then me and the delivery driver drove the 15 kilometres to the West Bank. Then we assembled the frame that will hold the cooler unit. It will sit on the balcony until the electrician connects the power.
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