Luminescent Water-Bottle Lightbulbs

[Mr.B]

Saw this on live leak, then thought of this web page.

Follow the link.


http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6e0_1211748007

[12vman]

That's totally kewl!! Sorta like those tube lights but much cheaper.. Thanks!
~Don

[johnjmw]

Neat! Did I read that correctly? She fills the bottles with water, adds a few drops of clorox then puts them out into the sun for a while? Then they glow? or did I miss something? What was the black cap he put on top of the regular white cap?

John

[chrisser]

I did some googling. *It appears that there is a hole in the roof. *The plastic bottle filled with water acts as a light diffuser, and the bleach keeps the water from clouding up.

That, in itself, would seem to have some application such as lighting a garage or barn.

However, it does not appear that this is some sort of inexpensive solar rechargeable battery.

[johnjmw]

Ahh The light just went on! Good Idea as long as you dont have to worry about freezing.
John

[jott]

Then you could get a bundle of fiber optic cable and run to the basement or internal rooms and you can get day light everywhere. They make fancy lights like that now but I’m sure you could make on a lot cheaper.

[annabella1]

This works on the same principal as the diamond shaped glass that have been used on ships to light below decks. the sunlight hits the part that is above the roof and then the light is bounced back and forth down into the house. It is amazing that he found that the water filled plastic bottles worked so well for this. I'm adding the idea to my ferro cement house design.

[bookwormom]

hmmm, this sounds like the same thing (only different) than a Schusterkugel, which is a glass ball filled with water and placed near a source of light> It was used in old times before electricity to have a strong light focused on your work.

[DavidOH]

Ok , now I see the light! ;D
http://scientificsonline.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_3038621