The Magic Electric-less Water Heater

They tell us that this is the hottest summer Istanbul has experienced since records have been compiled. A few days ago we topped 128 degrees on our little shaded balcony on the Asian side of the city. While the official temp recorded at the airport came in lower...we just got lucky at our place. Surprisingly the hottest part of the day is early evening between 5pm and 7pm. This heat is simply beyond anything we have experienced.
Our water heater hangs on the wall of our bathroom...which happens to be the warmest room in our flat. We have had it turned off for 4 months now to conserve electricity and to compensate for the weather.
Our Magic Water Heater
This last week we hit a new high with our experience in this pervasive heat, the cold water in the water heater actually soaked the heat up from the room and the temp in the water heater rose to over 100 degrees.
We are leaving town for eastern Turkey in the next few days and looking forward to the higher climes and lower temps. I had a report last week that the overnight temp at our Iranian border flat was just 59 degrees. The parkas are coming with us.
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