FULL DIY TUTORIAL Sunlight collector using optical fibers

A Sun collector has a fire hazard risk: the sun is a powerful source of energy, using a magnifier is enough to start a fire, so be cautious if you want to do this project and never let a collector alone, always have a look at it.

My first English video! I'm French so you might notice that I speak with an accent !
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[swatichaudhari]

I can't believe ..I was wondering if this is possible and your video confirmed it..

[Bharat.st.]

Thank you for creating this content, perhaps the only one on YouTube so far.

I had come across a brilliant use of such a system for the first and the last time till now about 16 years ago in Matri Mandir, a temple devoted to Sri Aurobindo and Mother Mirra located in Auroville in Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, India.

[simonlinser]

they should put these into sheds and other storage rooms that are dark.. even better for plants though. great video! thanks.

[lisakingscott]

I found this because I want to do the same thing. Great vid!. Looks as though 3D printed parts would make this much easier to make.

[JunLim-wmcu]

I'm curious about the specifications of glass lenses. How are they made, and what are their sizes and shapes? or where did you buy it?

[SapphosSails]

Awesome idea! I want to try this on a larger scale similar to deck prisims to get more natural light below deck on a sailboat!

Getting natural light below deck without weakening the hull is hard but I think something like this could work!

[damienfernando]

having good interest and lots of questions too... great job friend. thank you for sharing such important basics of fiber optical work. thank you so much again.

[avinashugale]

Great. I was thinking from some days to overcome the problem of lack of sunlight in big building's. And I got this ideas . And your video confirm this..

[juezna]

I can imagine 3D printing could make this whole process much more optimized

[hygiverse]

I watched the video because I am interested in creating jungle biodomes for various climates

[dajo]

Fantastic! Thanks for this video. I would love to make one myself, however, the fire hazard makes me anxious, since my purpose is to leave it unattended.

[CallMeFil]

Thank you so much. Was wondering if you have any knowledge or see if there is any kids that you can make DIY quicker from the last 6 years of this video?

[mrs]

Why not have a ton of fibers behind a culminating lens? Would that be more space efficient but also effective?

[bobsyoureuncle]

Did you have issues with excessive heat? I want to do something similar to avoid using a parabolic with a secondary focal lens to eliminate UV and other invisible spectrum. I think coating the back of your lenses with a uv blocker would drop the temp significantly without too much loss of visible spectrum?

[computoys]

Congratulations... I will make this project for light in dark rooms!! Thanks!!!

[lpg]

This is great stuff! I'm hoping that a single large fresnel lens could be used by decreasing the focal length so that it does not melt the ends of even the silica fiber. I then want to focus the light at the other end of the fiber down to a pen point using another lens. Do you see any complications with this?

I also saw that you mentioned an "x, y, and z positioning system." Are you designing a sun tracker for it?

Really looking forward to your additional videos.

[WeTheJourney]

Amazing!! Thanks for sharing it, your description is great! 😉

[davisburnside]

That's so smart, thanks for demonstrating that!

[qwertyazerty-vbmd]

Looks ver well done, thanks.
Can yu rvide reference for optical fiber and lens ? I did tru to fine fiber but no succes

[fyuugf]

Was planning something like this and luckily came across your videos, thank you very much!
I would need to route sunlight from a little more distance. Could one use less fibers (=less total width) to transmit light and then re-distribute it? I mean, to arbitrarily increase light input while using constant fiber to direct it? Thanks!