Plastic Bottle Roof Light
Well the procedure is simple a small hole is cut in the roof of a house and a transparent plastic bottle with clear water is fitted in.
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Roofing tiles slate made of plastic bottles. Light up dark areas in your home during daytime using this green and sustainable concept. But filipino actor illac diaz is look. Began collecting plastic bottles from the garbage and installing them in schools and houses.
4 6 out of 5 stars 201. The comments below have noted that this is like a solar tube or deck prism. Recycle used clear plastic soda bottles add water bleach then install. During the day as the sunlight reaches the water bottle the light is refracted and spreads in the entire room.
With the help of a tropical sun the makeshift bulbs give off about 55 watts of light. In the philippines urban slums families are unable to afford electricity and often have no access to the grid anyway. The idea is very simple. Plastic bottles light up kenya s slums storyhunter.
Liter of light a project of the philippines based nonprofit myshelter foundation provides light to poor households around the world with limited or no access to electricity by collecting plastic bottles filling them with water and bleach and sticking them into roofs. The bleach filled bottles then refract the light from outdoors into the house lighting up much like a lightbulb. After installation this solar light bulb can provide approximately 55 watts of light from the sun. Sunlight powered bulbs made from plastic bottles light up homes the liter of light project launched to combat the rising cost of electricity in the philippines aims to provide 1 million homes.
The bulbs are actually discarded plastic soda bottles filled with water and wedged in a hole cut in the roof. Tuftex multi wall 6mm panel clear 4 ft x 8 ft corrugated clear polycarbonate plastic roof panel. Polycarbonate clear plastic sheet 12 x 24 x 0 0625 1 16 3 pack shatter resistant easier to cut bend mold than plexiglass. For vex robotics teams hobby diy industrial crafts.