HOW TO BUILD A SOLAR BOTTLE BULB 3.0 (UPDATED 2013)
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- Liter of Light has been going through several refinements to make sure that the solar bottle light is done properly. We are sending this video for people wanting to build.
You can also reach us at info@aliteroflight.org
Some important lessons we learned :
Use always a sheet metal scissors for cutting round edges to make sure that the hole in the roof is as close to the diameter of the bottle as possible ( you will have to glue the underside!)
Sand very well the bottle till the shiny part is removed. The glue will not stick on to the plastic
The top portion where the bottle meets the plastic is where most leaks happen. You must use a tougher glue than just an elastomeric sealant. Use a SikaFlex 11FC glue or an epoxy sealant to make 100 percent sure this is sealed properly.
Always use PET soda bottles ( 1 L, 1.5 L, 2 L ) to make sure that it does not easily break. DO NOT USE plastic water bottles.
Use a guide in cutting the roof that assures that the bottle fits snugly though the roof. You will have to seal this from the underside so don't freehand cutting the hole.
-Use a guide plastic bottle filled with cement to open up the cut metal sheet so you will not have to damage the empty plastic bottle.
Seal the underside of the bottle cap once you placed distilled water and bleach to prevent leaks.
-Place a 1 1/4 inch pipe covering the top and around the plastic bottle cap as this is prone to cracking with the infrared rays of the sun.
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Came across video by accident!! This is too amazing for words. And the video is 7 years old! I can only imagine what they're doing now and how much it's helped people! Thank heavens for the DECENT, helpful, caring people of our world!
This is a very good idea. God bless you for working for the poor
Well done Illac Diaz! Philippines is beautiful country, and I enjoyed traveling there. Glad you are helping people with such a simple and effective solution. Keep up the great work!
Great project and video instructions. One suggestion I'd like to make is that you shouldn't rivet in the valleys of the corrugated metal where the water runs down. The high points(ridges) or sides(slopes) are better positions for all your rivets. Keep up the good work!
precisely...it should be drill in the slope of the corrugated metal .
"Necessity is the mother of all invention." - Plato, The Republic
Absolutely brilliant- simple and effective way of getting more light into a dwelling that's dark inside. Thank you for sharing this!
you guys are gaining so much of good fortune in your life by actually helping others. great job. 👌💜 keep up the good work,
For people questioning about who actually invented this and complaining about it, let me tell you something.
Yeah sure i agree that this isnt really an “invention” and this method has been known in the developed world (like Japan) for decades before this project first emerged. However, it is really about who had the means and the motivation to implement it widely to help the less fortunate.... and we must give credit to this man for that.
much longer than that; we have bulleyes from about 1800 (probably before) and deck prisms (from at least 1840)
- Cebu, Philippines
Kudos to Liter of Light!
More than the ingenuity ala "Mc-Gyver-style" this brings to fore one of the most basics of human needs - LIGHT - and making it more accessible (i.e. affordable) to a greater number of people (in the Philippines, as well as around the world) who otherwise would have been left in the dark because food will take the highest order of precedence in their household's budget.
In the Philippines, LIGHT is primarily sourced from electrical utility companies which in return are generally dependent upon fossil fuels (e.g. coal, crude oil, petroleum, etc.) to power-up their large grids.
Energy/Power Per capita spending in the Philippines takes a larger proportion than that of healthcare. I would long for the day that that proportion would shift. For this world is abundant with renewable energy, and replete creative minds. Healthcare (i.e. inclusive of quality and nutritious food; clean and potable water) should take the lion's share of any family's budget. Deplorably, in the Philippines, it is not the case. Energy+Power+Transportation+Communication, collectively, takes the largest proportion combined in our per capita spending. In fact, part of the cost of extracting and distributing water, is attributable still to Power/energy industries. Thus, the indispensability of the Power/energy industry cannot be overemphasized.
However, every bit of effort to veer away from our reliance of traditional fossil fuels to produce power and energy will be a welcome treat. To borrow the word of the famous astronaut, it may be a "small step for man, but a giant leap for mankind."
When i am done with my studies, I wish to join the cause...
excellent idea!!! hope the whole planet get the information
and enjoy FREE natural light
Great idea, Illac Diaz! You never run out of ideas!
very helpful idea for poor people, keep up the good work
Amazing idea! I'll talk to my faculty about experimenting something like this... they always look for innovation and excellence.
Mohan Bajaj,
Student at School of Technology,
Glocal University, India
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Sear for Alfredo Moser who is the real inventor, not those teenagers who steal ideas from other and aren´t brave enough even to mention him
Very well done "how to" presentation. Thank you!
You could glue tin foil around it to deflect more light at it during the times of the day where there is low light. Dawn and dusk.
To make the cap removable is as easy as using plumbers sealing tape and covering the cap with glued-on tinfoil. So you can replace the water without removing the bottle.
There's 10 year lifespan glowing paint you can put on tape and apply so you can light up the interior for another 4+ hours but the light is fairly dim.
Great! And am so much interested. Thanks, Sir Illac, for the idea. More power.
Wow guys job well done am taking this back to my village in Africa.
This is a concept that will be adapt sooner or later in houses, buildings, it will be part of a architectural process, simple ideas start from these ideas,and who knows it can be used in underground shelter in the near future, IDEAS ARE LIMITLESS IT JUST HOW YOU USE IT FOR IT'S PURPOSE. THINK BIG!
Thank you for this video. I have damaged quite a few iron sheets in trying to get natural light
Hacksaw will give a cleaner cut and less chance of leakage or jagged cuts.. Files and wet/dry sandpaper are good for taking off burrs and making a better surface to bond new light with existing roof.
Great video. very well done and thorough. Thank you.
Another thought. Could a different shaped bottle be used? Some water bottles have different shapes.
A small LED in the cap would provide light at night. It would also illuminate your roof.
can you explain me in brief about led
MOHAMMAD KHALID I was thinking that one could use 12v batteries and charge them during the day with a small generator or solar, and wire an led into the cap of the bottle. That way, the bottle could scatter light around the room at night.
These bottles are for the poor, they need to be as cheap as possible
where can I put the led?
@@RosLexxyzJusay-r1b Hi, liter of light has a section about led night lights in this report: world-habitat.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Liter-of-Light-Lighting-homes-and-lives-one-bottle-at-a-time.pdf you can follow the tutorials here: th-cam.com/video/VhJ36dtsxIA/w-d-xo.html (part 1) & th-cam.com/video/by5jo2lXocI/w-d-xo.html (part 2).
filipino renovation wow . what a brilliant idea
The idea is good,at daytime when the sun is shining!
Nice piece of innovation. But what happens at night? Is there still light?
Great job
Many thanks for this useful guideline. Wishing you all the best !
Great invention... thanks for sharing
Wonderful idea. Tremendous help for the poor.
You can also choose to put a tablespoon of homemade colloidal silver, instead of bleach.
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if im not mistaken that yellow handle tin snip is for straight cuts but can also be be used for curves....if you want the one for real curves its the one with red or green handle cant remember which is for right and left cut
2 questions. 1. Can you use this on asbestos-style roof? 2. In a country where the sunshine is not so strong as in Phillipines, what will be the equivalent wattage result? 50 watts equivalent in Phillipines was mentioned in first video. Would there be sufficient light in a European country?
you can also use old transistors, series them and they function like solar panels.
In the next version of this tutorial you should be sure to say centimeters instead of millimeters. I also agree with adding subtitles.
My Fiancée in Leyte with her dad & brothers (Happy Happy and Wing Wing) help many neighbors that are poor.
Guys you are doing an excellent job keep up the good work. I can help with providing lights to say 20 houses using a tiny system. If that help do drop me a few lines
Put the hole and the rivets in the top part of galvanized is better, cause the rain water running through the lower part of the galvanized sheet
Great idea... Can I use this for our capstone project??
a good use for darker area which we mostly nee to open the lights during the day to find or do something...
Eto ang laging kinokontra ng mamang parating naka Shades sa kanyang show tuwing umaga. Puro dada ng dada tunkol dito.
I think it's important to acknowledge the inventor of this wonderful invention - he should be nominated for the Nobel Prize given the impact he has had on so many people. A humble and inspirational man: Alfredo Moser: Bottle light inventor proud to be poor bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23536914
Model, guwapo at may pakinabang in short "MULTI-TALENTED" si Ilac Diaz!
Paint or use white cape to reflect the sun Super idea
Muy buen video, gracias por compartir!!
+Lorenzo Rivera Moser Light es el nombre de la idea original
Brilliant well-done
Keep it up guys. Great job.
i think u mean 2cm instead of 2mm => the distance betweem outside circle and inside ?
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Pi kayo! Nanonood lang...kayo na magaling!
How to glow in night time bro plz reply in English
Thank you sharing, great idea.
does the bleach and distilled water mixed into a bottle create light that bright or do we have to add some chemicals into the bottle to get that brightness??
Thanks for sharing.
going to build one they seem awesome and simple.
You should ribbot the roof at the TOP of the curves instead of at the bottom or the lowest part of the curves, because the water gathers at the bottom of the curves, and therefore is more likely to penetrate the ribbots or rust them away over time...
Otherwise a great project that is an inspiration to all countries around the world!
Hello guys.I am writing from Cameroon.Good job.can the light be use at night or only if there s moon light
great video. Is there a video on how to wire one to a switch ?
thanks for sharing i know so many dont have electric ty
Could manufactures change the design of bottles to make them easier to install?
Do you have an instructional video on how to make the one with a circuit using solar cell and a diode? I need the list of materials for the circuit and the circuit diagram. Please help me!
What a mm for them? Because it looks like 2 cm each. But my guess its the concepts im interested in.
Very grateful.. nice 👍🙂
I like the idea. If I can go green, I'd rather. But here is my question. If the bleach is only good for a few years and you have epoxied everything down. What do you do 3 years from now when the bleach has dissipated? Knock more holes into the roof? A way to loosen the glue?
Thank You
MB
You just put some bleach into the bottle after it dissipates I guess.
What bleach to be used ( commercial name in market) and how much to bottle to be filled with water?
Grieta idea, i am developing another technique for night
Please share if your technique is ready
May I ask Sir, how many months or yrs to use this bottle bulb?
thank you so much for sharing this good idea.
Great video,thanks for sharing. Anyone manufacturing these in India?
Thank you 🙏
I agree with you, is this what NGO's do?
you said 4 cups of bleach? that is a lot.. or you mean the 4 bottle caps of the bleach? Just to make sure I make the formula correctly. I will try to make and put this in the garden, because outside the house is so dark and I want to make my surroundings safe at night. This idea of using solar bottle is very practical and money savers. I subscribed to your channel and please keep me update of your latest inventions about solar bottle. More power and I will pray for the success of your project and programs that will help the less fortunate. Thank you.
it does not work at night
LOL, it only works during the daytime LOL LOL LOL
very nice.. i will post this where and anytime i can,.. thank you
Depends on the education you get, which is normally affected by the social conditions you live in. Think of the conditions you live in so you would need to build one of these.
I think it's safe to say that when he says "2mm" it sould be (measured by the eye) 1cm.
I want to show this video to people in Tanzania- is it available in Swahili, or with Swahili subtitles?
Has anyone made this before? And if you did, does it work? I have a science project to do and want to do this udea but I need conformation to see if it actually works.
You say that the bleach is to keep the water clean, so what is in the water that makes it glow?
Its funny how people dont realize is that this idea came to help people in poor crowded areas where houses are built really close together so a window is not enough to light up inside the house
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Im fan of this project .
Ideal to the remote area in the philippines . but i wonder how to installed in the house. Like nipa hut in the philippines. I hope the government help to produce that and give it to poor in the provinces.
Just a quick question.... how much this light will last... I mean will it work all night ? or few hours ???
2 mm is not one half an inch. 13 mm is approximately one half an inch.
12mm
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He meant 2 cm, I believe.
@@Skashoon 2 cm =~ .787” a few thousandths over 25/32”
PLEASE CLARIFY WHAT WE NEED TO GENERATE LIGHT
You need to cut a larger slanted opening in your caulking tube to lay down a slightly thicker more uniform line.
You also need to caulk ALL of the rivets from the top at least. Rivets are not perfect, they expand and contract and without caulking, will leak soon.
Finally, adding that 2nd strip of metal is nice, but unnecessary and the rivet holes invite more water to get inside. Instead lay down a thick bead of caulking on top of the joint all the way around.
Jordan Day Very funny, no this is from my days of working sheetmetal on industrial roofing jobs.
What a blessing!
Does it require constant sunlight ?
What about using a small clear glass bottle (from soda or an alcoholic beverage) since the sun’s UV rays breaks down plastic. And what about using cheap vodka for cold climates instead of water; so the bottle does not freeze or burst?
One can improve this, by also having actual Solar LEDs incorporated into the bottles, to light at night by a switch from a small battery and small solar panel...could be made as kits to sell to people. Small business Win!
Winter Star He also has made those already. Check out online. This is for those with very little means and is better than nothing. The panel, bulbs, and batteries add much cost.
and who is going to buy them? these are designed for people who have next to NOTHING, they have almost no money!
magnificent..
so after five years the water has to be replaced and what about the roof?
Great idea. Can you not just put sky light or the clear plexiglass?
I would have sealed the rivets too. How many lumens does this provide?
Not sure about lumens, but it produces 50 watts
That is a perfect idea, I love it.
it is a nice video
can we use bleaching powder instead of liquid?
That is the first time I ever saw sheet metal cut with a chisel.
Can this be used to illuminate plants grown by indoor hydroponics?
Probably not, due to loss of energy its highly unlikely to be effective.
How about the UV exposure when using that lamp?
The cutting length is not 2 mm as you mentioned. Please correct the same by measuring the distance between the cut length.
Where can I buy those water bulb
I want to do also sir thank you for instructions 🙏🙏🙏🤝🤝🤝
Sir can we use your invention to our research ?
thanks for this video.. God bless
You should put it on a test :) just saying i already watched it a year ago and its work hope this will be a simple project of the goverment :)