KANPUR: Sale of electrical appliances like heaters and geysers has picked up with the advent of winter.
With a dip in mercury (minumum temperature 10 degrees), there is a chill in the air and cold winds have started flowing in the city. Heaters are, therefore, in demand and shopkeepers selling home appliances informed that people were visiting them in big numbers to buy heaters and geysers.
Priced from Rs 250 to Rs 1,000, a heater is available in Sagar market, Gumti No.5, Lal Bangla, Kidwai Nagar, etc. "Heaters of various companies are available in a range of prices and features, therefore, people buy according to their needs and budget. Heaters help keepg rooms warm," said an electronics shop owner talking to TOI. The electrical appliances were of immense help in extreme weather conditions, he added.
Interestingly, sale of geysers run on electricity and gas has picked up too. Geysers help in heating/boiling water for various needs. Office-goers, students and the working women are all utilising these geysers to get hot water for bath, cleaning utensils, etc.
Explaining the functioning of both types of geysers, Tarvinder Khanna, an electrical appliance store-owner in Govind Nagar, says, "The electric geyser functions only when power is switched on.
Gas geysers are also available with us. Gas geysers run on LPG and boil water according to one's needs. The demand for gas-geysers has increased manifold due to the fact that it does not require electricity to boil water.
But with limiting of the subsidy on LPG cylinders, people are once again inquiring for the electricity operated gysers or some other new technology driven gadget," said Tarvinder.
Tarvinder added the immersion rod is yet another device available in the market with which water can be heated and is being preferred by the denizens.
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