An LED lamp can be added to the solatube so that light is to be had during the night. The tubes provided ample daylight to dark areas of the house. Not sure of the payback schedule v. electric, but bathrooms and hallways no longer need to burn electrons for 12 hours a day, all year long. It also works ok for night use if there is ambient light outside. I have one in my outhouse, mom has one in her bathroom. It is not dazzling light. It is full spectrum and good enough at night to keep you from piddling on the floor without turning on the lights and destroying night vision.
clay 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored chap 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers On Jan 20, 2015, at 11:27 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: > Would a nice new LED light fixture not solve the problem with a lot less fuss? > > RB > > > On 20/01/2015 1:03 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: >> I have wanted to do this for a long time, and in other homes as well, but >> never got around to it. >> >> Our current home has very little in the way of outside light coming in to >> the main living area, primarily due to the back of the house being "U" >> shaped with a roof over the center of the "U". At the bottom of the "U" are >> sliding glass doors opening into our family room and kitchen area. While >> this side of the house faces south, there are 60' oak trees at the back of >> our very shallow back yard that block the sun even more. As a result of >> this the interior portion of the house is what I often refer to as being >> "tomb-like". >> >> Adding tubular skylights to this area would go a long way to lightening it >> up, but before I can convince SWMBO of such a significant alteration to the >> living area I'm going to do it in the laundry room. This is a room off the >> garage that we enter and exit through, and it has no outside exposure >> whatsoever. By putting a tubular skylight here I know the impression will be >> a favorable one, ideally gaining acceptance for the method and allowing me >> to move forward in doing the same for the living area. >> >> While I have been a fan of Solatube, I found that the Velux line that is >> readily available through the big box home improvement stores is just as >> good and nowhere near as pricey. >> >> Home Depot is cheaper than Lowe's, but I prefer working with Lowe's. I'm >> going to swing by there today and see if they will match Home Depot's price, >> as it's about $30 cheaper. >> >> Dan >> >> >> >>> On Jan 20, 2015, at 1:44 PM, astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>> Please keep us posted. I want to have a solar tube installed to shed some >>> light on a gloomy kitchen, even though it has a window. >>> >>> -- >>> >> _______________________________________ >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
