this may be the wrong place but does anyone out there know how to make your own solar sun tubes for lighting?
or can you send me to a sit that will help? thank you all
I don't know about making your own but my cousin uses the premade ones and said that the straight ones worked best with a polished inside surface as they brought in a lot more light.
Seems we had some skylight info John posted.
Just for fun, I researched solar tubes. I seem to remember that they advertise 98% + reflectivity for the surface inside their tubes. So, just for fun, I researched the reflectivity of the shiny side of aluminum foil....98%. Haven't actually done anything with the information, but I did find it interesting.
kimmer If you had a waterproof roof kit you could run a chase and then use cheap 1/16" mirror plates to line the chase with.
Yes, a sun tube is nothing more (or less) that a skylight with reflective walls that carry light down a shaft. At the interior there is usually a diffuser fixture that looks like a ceiling light fixture. The round commercial ones are easy to install but seem overpriced for what they actually are.