How to Capture the Sun in a Jar!

Step 12:

Remove the little piece of blue tape to expose the solar panel to the light of the sun, especially in a south or west window (if you live in North America), or set it where light bulbs can power the solar panel.

When the dark descends the stored energy in the battery, will turn on the light in the bottle and it will glow. What a wonderful night light for the grandchildren.  Beautiful!   Enjoy!

Comments

[Korbl]

Nice instructable, and they look good, but it seems like the epsom salts might dim the light a little. You can also improve the light diffusion by filling the jars with water and a bit of bleach. You'd of course want to seal the LED against liquid pretty well. The idea comes from water bottle lights invented by a guy in Brazil during a black out, who used actual sunlight to light up his workshop during the day, using 2 cap fulls of bleach in a two liter bottle, so that gives you somewhere to start with proportions.

[londobali]

Like the guys in Philipines with their org: "a litre of light"
http://isanglitrongliwanag.org/

Great stuff!!

[craftknowitall]

That is a great idea, a better refraction of the light. I saw a video about the water bottle lights before. I really wanted a night light. this works really well for that. Thanks for looking and commenting.