Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler gas lamp post->electric

Have you explored a solar powered option for your lamp?

Havne't gotten anywhere near there, but that's a good idea. We want to get an electrician in for other stuff in any case, but...

I'd suggest taking this approach with the gas company:
In these tough economic times, I'd prefer not to have an $18/month gas bill. Please disconnect your gas line so I can replace it with an electric light.
One of 2 things could happen...either they will offer to lower your bill or you might get them to disconnect it for free.

That's a good idea. How about this one......

"My neighbors keep complaining that they smell gas when they walk their dogs past my house."

Heh.. no, I'm not paying them anything, since it's not on. These things are all over my neighborhood. Probably 1/4 of them have been replaced by electric, and maybe 1 out of 20 of the remaining gas ones is actually turned on.

Ken, different areas have different reg's. re: depth of ouside power cables. I know none of the guys I use carries a pick-axe and shovel. Others might. I don't know. You may need to hire someone to do the digging. Be sure to ask.

Here, they have to be more than 40." No telling the depth of that old gas line, unless ths gas co. has records or the neighbors can recall.

Ken, why not ask the Gas co how much it would cost to tie the lamp into the house supply? that seems like the easiest solution to this entire problem....


Also, i am in the middle of a patio project... Our house gas supply goes right under the patio, i dug with a spade shovel to find the gas line.. Our gas co (Atmos) wouldn't do crap to help me find the line.... a private line locator to locate JUST the gas line, wanted 500$.... So i dug, and dug, and dug... my gas line was 3' below grade, and is a orange, aluminium/plastic line.. The line locator guy was nice enough to give me some pointers on how to find the line on my own without doing any damage (he said he worked for Atmos for 12 yr)....when i did get to the line, the line was hard/slick enough that my shovel glanced off of it.. I was digging about 1-2" pieces at a time, and not using a whole lot of foce....


I hope this helps you some, if you decide to do part of the project yourself.

Also, get wasp spray
http://www.google.com/products/catalog?i...ved=0CF8Q8wIwAg

it has about a 7' or so reach, so you dont have to get to close... it is VERY effective at killing them as well... i have a couple bottles around the house....

Just don't get a flammable wasp spray.

"Say Bill, did you notice that new guy down the block was testing out a flamethrower on his front lawn yesterday? Seems like that kind of thing would be a frowned upon by the homeowner's association, dontcha think?"

Ah, that's the benefit of living in an older neighborhood. No HOA! I can set things on fire if I want.

I was going to say, just light the lamp for a month, that should take care of the wasps.