BLR Project just got real.

[alfsauve]

Cool trick, Chuck,

You've seen the videos (India I think) where they cut holes in the roofs of hovels and insert drink bottles to provide lighting inside the house.

[PegLeg45]

Yep.

I guess I could do that in my small camper to save power...... 

[kmitch200]

Keep in mind that the more filtered and pure the water, the brighter the light refraction.

I stuck a lightbulb and a couple of batteries in a water jug and it didn't do squat. 
Should I watch the video?

[PegLeg45]

I stuck a lightbulb and a couple of batteries in a water jug and it didn't do squat. 
Should I watch the video?

You need more power......try using an extension cord.       

                

[Solus]

You need more power......try using an extension cord.       

                

LOL

1/4 cup of salt will  help too.     

[Sponsor]

[alfsauve]

Here's a video of plastic bottles used for lighting.

[Sorry about that, see post below]


PEGLEG:  Maybe the batteries are too weak.  Put your tongue across the end of the extension cord.  See if that don't light things up. 

[PegLeg45]

Alf, your link was invalid.

Here is the original video I saw about solar lighting via bottles:

And another on the inventor of the concept:

**As to the tongue on the cord, I won't fall for that...... BUT, I have it on good authority (from a guy who was a summer maintenance flunky as a teenager) that using a sponge that is "too saturated with soapy water" to wipe down tile walls in bathrooms will electrify one's day if passed firmly over a wall outlet. 

[Solus]

How do the bottles do on an overcast day?

[PegLeg45]

Don't know, but still probably more light than nothing.

[Solus]

Don't know, but still probably more light than nothing.

True...in the video, I did wonder why no one had more than one light in the room...except the shot of the inventor who had maybe 8 of them


Maybe something like   "In the land of no lights, the one light room is king"