The bottle light is a portable light unit mounted on a pvc pipe and comes with a 9 watt solar panel.
Liter of light solar panel.
With a simple circuit panel drill and soldering the led.
Recycled plastic bottles filled with water and a bit of bleach are fitted into the roof to provide daylighting and can be upgraded with an led bulb micro solar panels and a battery to provide a low cost night lighting system.
Simple steps to upgrade the liter of light 1 0 1 watt solar panel and 1 watt led light currently not filling the bottle with water as testing for three months.
The recycled plastic bottles are still the central part of the concept but for the night light they are fitted with a small solar panel a battery and and led lightbulb.
Liter of light uses cheap readily available materials to provide high quality lighting to homes in poor communities.
This is why the myshelter team took the concept one step further with the night light project.
At night by upgrading the device with led bulbs solar panels and batteries.
We were fortunate enough to work with the people over at the liter of light foundation for this short film.
Liter of light has developed a solar powered light that is cheap and relatively easy to assemble and whose main feature is a plastic bottle.
In 2012 liter of light started offering a package to upgrade to a 1 watt or 2 watt led light with micro solar panels and battery to filipino households with the solar bottle bulbs already installed on their roofs.
With the solar panel screwed into the top.
Light up dark areas in your home during daytime using this green and sustainable concept recycle used clear plastic soda bottles add water bleach then install.
For areas without power it is also crucial to get light at night.