reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 18 hours agoWhy don't we use mirrors to bring light into buildings more?message-squaremessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down10
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minus-squaresunbeam60@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up8·7 hours agoLight extenders are fairly common in the UK - not fibre optic, but basically they look like if silvery tubes connected to a glass dome on the roof. Fairly common when a house extension leave a hall without a window.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoThey work on the principle of total internal reflection. Same as a fiber optic cable. But they eventually leak so cheap LEDs it is.
Light extenders are fairly common in the UK - not fibre optic, but basically they look like if silvery tubes connected to a glass dome on the roof. Fairly common when a house extension leave a hall without a window.
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They work on the principle of total internal reflection. Same as a fiber optic cable.
But they eventually leak so cheap LEDs it is.