Charlie:
Joan in Kingwood has written to us. She has a question for you Tom. She wants to know, have you seen these reflective sun tunnels that bring the light in? She wants to know your opinion of these things.
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Tom:
There was a brand called Sun Tunnel, and there was a SolarTube was the original one out of Australia.
Charlie:
Right.
Tom:
I actually had one in the laundry room in my very first house. They work fine. It’s not like a sky light. People think … A sky light is this brilliant intense light. It’s got a diffuser on there so it’s almost like a light that’s on, you know, that you would turn on, just a can. You’ve got to remember, you can’t turn it off.
Charlie:
Right.
Tom:
Don’t put it over your bed if you want to sleep in.
Charlie:
It has no off switch.
Tom:
That’s right.
Charlie:
Like genius, the sun tube has no off switch.
Tom:
It does good in a hallway, or in a bathroom or something where you’re going to have a light on for the most part, but somewhere else it’s not. Be careful where you put them.