Hi Sonja and all the rest of ya'yurters,
I have the chlorinated "light bottles" as the only lightsource in my
plywood H12. It works wonders. Prior to installing them, I had holes in the
roof just covered my 6mil plastic, and with the bottles it went from "less
dark but still like a cave" to "OMG it's morning".
I have 9 0.5 liter bottles, because I happened to have a drill right
that size. If I was to redo it, I'd have fewer but bigger holes, fit for
1.5/2L bottles, as in the instructions for the bottle lights.
Of course, I also got electricity for when it's night-time, so I don't need
any other "solar solution" than sun-access. That's a whole other subject.
Enjoy the playa everyone, and make a great day,
M
On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Sonja Hope <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I wish I could build my yurt for BRC this year.. but again it will have to
> wait. In my yurt, I was planning to add this awesome idea for letting
> daylight in w/o power...
>
> I learned about this solar tube used in shanty towns and thought it would
> be perfect for the hexayurt! Please try it and let me know how it worked
> for you. :)
>
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBWi3NtND68
>
> Google around for Solar soda bottle skylight for many variations and uses.
>
> Sonja
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Phil Dirt <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> You could cut one or more square or rectangular portholes in the roof and
>> tape bubblewrap to the outside. Keep the cutout section, tape it back into
>> the porthole along one edge, and poke two holes into the other edge so you
>> can thread through a loop of twine to use as a handle. They you can open or
>> close the window in daytime. At night a couple inexpensive battery powered
>> LED lanterns work well for lighting the inside.
>>
>>
>> On Monday, May 28, 2012 8:14:01 PM UTC-7, Bender of camp charlie the
>> uniocorn BM wrote:
>>>
>>> At BM there are times when light inside the yurt would be useful. Day
>>> and night. In thinking about how to let in light and not the heat I
>>> came up with two ideas.
>>>
>>> Deck Prisms. They are basically big diamond shaped chunks of glass or
>>> poly that bring light in from above the deck to below deck. Same
>>> principal with yurts. I am unsure if this light would add heat into
>>> the yurt.
>>>
>>> This year I was thinking of just buying a dozen or so of those cheap
>>> solar path lights. Hole cutting into the roof area and tightly
>>> installing a few of them into the insulation boards. This brings in
>>> light at night. I had six in my tent and they really never gave off
>>> enough light to keep me awake. After a week at BM really nothing can
>>> keep you awake when you are set to crash.
>>>
>>> Rather mood lighting.
>>>
>>> Any other ideas please post.
>>>
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