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Pop bottle lightbulbs - Prep28 - 23 November 2012
http://aliteroflight.org/
RE: Pop bottle lightbulbs - Tarrel - 23 November 2012
Cool. Like a sunpipe.
RE: Pop bottle lightbulbs - Highlander - 24 November 2012
Arrrh, I was wanting to see it working,.. darn
RE: Pop bottle lightbulbs - bowdrill - 24 November 2012
And me ??
RE: Pop bottle lightbulbs - I-K-E - 24 November 2012
yep would be interesting to see the thing actually working otherwise I would really want to waste my time building one unless it was worth it
RE: Pop bottle lightbulbs - Prepaday - 24 November 2012
Google bottle lightbulbs and you get countless vids, it works by filtering the sunlight that's all, simples really
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-Fpsw_yYPg
RE: Pop bottle lightbulbs - Prep28 - 25 November 2012
If you look at the Philipines project on their site, it shows it working.
RE: Pop bottle lightbulbs - Scythe13 - 25 November 2012
It basically refracts light from outside into the room.
Wouldn't really work in the UK, since our houses are not built from sheet metal. However, if you lived in a shipping container home and used a big enough bottle, that might work.
Won't store light or work at night, unless it's a super bright full moon.
RE: Pop bottle lightbulbs - I-K-E - 25 November 2012
(25 November 2012, 09:29)Scythe13 Wrote: It basically refracts light from outside into the room.
Wouldn't really work in the UK, since our houses are not built from sheet metal. However, if you lived in a shipping container home and used a big enough bottle, that might work.
Won't store light or work at night, unless it's a super bright full moon.
yep all about lighting up dark places during the day removing the need for lighting during the day.
It could work on any type of roof if you could fit a bottle and make sure the roof was still sealed
RE: Pop bottle lightbulbs - Prep28 - 25 November 2012
Yeah - great for sheds. hutters, bothies etc - anywhere off grid in daylight hours