And the coolers are back!
With the cost of electricity going through the roof, more and more people are turning to Lahori Room Coolers as a cheaper alternative to air conditioners for the summer.
Increased sales of these coolers have also increased production. The coolers are made locally and are available for Rs4,000 to Rs10,000. Workshops where these coolers are manufactured and sold can be spotted from Fawara Chowk to Kashmiri Bazaar to Ratta Amral.
The key components of the cooler are an iron box, a fan, a water pump and khus, a raw wood material. Mats made of khus are soaked with water, and the air that passes through the wet padding cools down and therefore brings down the temperature in the room where the cooler is placed.
Despite its simplistic machinery, building a cooler is a lengthy process that requires more than four workers. Most local workshops use traditional methods to build coolers.