[lda130]

I was ripping up bushes around my house and found this in the ground covered with mulch.

There are six lights around my yard if this has anything to do with them.

http://picasaweb.google.com/kingsbury.jennifer/OutdoorElectricalStuff#

 

[Bucky Badger]

I was ripping up bushes around my house and found this in the ground covered with mulch.

There are six lights around my yard if this has anything to do with them.

http://picasaweb.google.com/kingsbury.jennifer/OutdoorElectricalStuff#

Probably, make sure lines arn't hot, take the wire nut off undo the wires and turn the lights on

 

[bob22]

Bucky,
How is Ida supposed to know if the line(s) are hot? Just because the lights aren't on (timer? photocell?) doesn't guarantee that there is no juice to the wiring (may have been done wrong).

Ida,
Do you plan on doing something with this wiring or are you just curious?

Bob

 

[joed]

Probably a wiring junction box for the lights around the yard.

 

[lda130]

I'm planning on doing nothing to the wires.

Just curious what that are

 

[Bucky Badger]

Bucky,
How is Ida supposed to know if the line(s) are hot? Just because the lights aren't on (timer? photocell?) doesn't guarantee that there is no juice to the wiring (may have been done wrong).

Ida,
Do you plan on doing something with this wiring or are you just curious?

Bob

you could take the wirenuts off and test it:whistling2:

 

[Speedy Petey]

you could take the wirenuts off and test it:whistling2:

DUMB idea.
WHY bother???

I'm planning on doing nothing to the wires.

SMART idea.:thumbsup:

Just curious what that are

That is line voltage 120/240v wiring and I'll bet you a dollar that is your yard lights.

 

[Speedy Petey]

If you wanted to be 100% positive what they are you could get a $10 non-contact tester and test them without removing any wire nuts or splices.

 

[rgsgww]

I wouldn't bother. Use a no contact tester to check if you want.

 

[Bucky Badger]

DUMB idea.
WHY bother???




.

What ever

 

[Speedy Petey]

Dude, don't get offeneded.

You look at that splice box. Then you tell a person with (most likely) absolutely no electrical experience to start pulling wire nuts? AND undo the wires???
WHY undo any wires?
What if they don't know how to put the splice back together?
What if they don't turn the power off first?

I didn't say you were dumb. I said the idea was. :wink:

 

[Grampa Bud]

Hey guys, Here's another thought. That 'vault' and those wires look an awfully lot like sprinkler valve control wiring. Do you have any inground sprinklers ida130???

 

[LawnGuyLandSparky]

I was ripping up bushes around my house and found this in the ground covered with mulch.

There are six lights around my yard if this has anything to do with them.

http://picasaweb.google.com/kingsbury.jennifer/OutdoorElectricalStuff#

That appears to be a sprinkler valve box, but the wire colors and multiple conduit entries (looks like 4-6 1/2" PVC's?) makes me think it could be each yard light was run back to this central point., instead of daisy-chained.

 

[dSilanskas]

I was ripping up bushes around my house and found this in the ground covered with mulch.

There are six lights around my yard if this has anything to do with them.

http://picasaweb.google.com/kingsbury.jennifer/OutdoorElectricalStuff#

Yes Jennifer its a junction box for the lights in the yard. That type of box is called a flower pot.

 

[lda130]

ok,

thank you all for your advice.

I never bothered to check if there's a sprinkler system in the yard.

Kinda supposed they would have told me it when i bought the house.

There definately are no sprinkler heads in the yard, I would have known by now.