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[deadheadskier]

For you buddy

 

[Black Phantom]

 

[Puck it]

Have they about these to bring light in?

 

[ctenidae]

That's actually pretty cool.

Fuller's still an industry shill, though.

 

[bvibert]

That's actually pretty cool.

It really is!

 

[Fuller Wycliff]

For you buddy

That is awesome! thanks for sharing :grin:


Go Solar or Go Home!

 

[Fuller Wycliff]

Fuller's still an industry shill, though.

Don't be a hater

 

[vdk03]

Gotta love it, did the video say where this is?

 

[bvibert]

Gotta love it, did the video say where this is?

Looks like Sitio Maligaya, based on 0:06-0:09, which I think is in the Philippines.

 

[Puck it]

Looks like Sitio Maligaya, based on 0:06-0:09, which I think is in the Philippines.

Some place where they have not figured out the concept of windows.

 

[vdk03]

Looks like Sitio Maligaya, based on 0:06-0:09, which I think is in the Philippines.

Ya it is the philippines, I'd would be interested to throw a few of them into a shed roof, they're certainly cheaper then a skylight and I would be curious to see how the water and bleach hold the light.

 

[Nick]

That's pretty damn cool.

 

[deadheadskier]

Some place where they have not figured out the concept of windows.

What I got out of it was the homes are practically on top of one another, so windows on the sides of the homes would offer only a minimal amount of light.. Factor in the cost of windows or skylights vs a plastic Pepsi bottle, a piece of sheet metal, some bleach and some sealant and it's pretty resourceful and ingenious.

I wonder what it is about the unfiltered water and bleach in the bottle that makes it magnify the daylight so much.

 

[Nick]

 

[ctenidae]

I wonder what it is about the unfiltered water and bleach in the bottle that makes it magnify the daylight so much.

Part of it is that at night, a candle is brighter than the sun- any light is a remarkable improvement. I think it's filtered (not unfiltered) water- you'd want is as clear and free of particulates as possible. The bleach would be to keep algae from growing in the bottle, which would have obvious negative impacts.

This isn't a new idea, but it is a new utilization. Old wooden ships have glass prisms built into the deck to let light through to cabins below (http://glassian.org/Prism/Gallery/Deck/index.html has some- you've probably seen the prysmatic ones as a paperweight somewhere). Walk around in Boston, and you'll see patches in the sidewalk with a bunch of square or circular (often purple) pieces of glass embedded- same idea.

The water bottles might do a better job of collecting light since they stick up from the roofline adn could catch light at flat angles as well, Water's a pretty darn good refractor, so it would bounce the light down and spread it around well.