On Fri, 05 Jun 2020 11:08:39 -0400, micky
wrote:

In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 5 Jun 2020 08:14:33 -0400, Todesco
wrote:

On 6/3/2020 3:45 PM, Todesco wrote:
10 years ago I installed a post lamp in the front of my property.* The
house builder left a 2" plastic conduit (maybe 100 feet) from the house
to the area where the post light was to be installed.* I put a 4" square
plastic box at each end of the conduit as ground level.* The house end
is no problem as it is in the asphalt driveway.* At the house end, I
connected an underground "romex" to a breaker on the panel.* At the
other end, I connected 2 underground "romex", one to the post light and
one to an outlet, some 25' away.* Through the years, the outside box has
disappeared and I can't find it.* I've tried raking up the leaf mulch.
Nope.* I've also tried one of the non touch voltage testers.* Nope. I've
tried a tracing unit connecting a signal to the power line and snooping
with the other end.* Nope!** I don't have a metal detector. Not sure
where to go from here.* Any great ideas out there?
Here's an update. When I built the house I took tons of pics. I didn't
remember taking pics of the orange plastic conduit, but actually, I did.
The pictures helped a bit. Haven't found it yet, but I feel I'm
closer. Originally, I was looking in a different spot. It's amazing
how much growth occurred in 10 years. Yesterday I put my signal unit on
the turned off lamp post outlet. I can trace it even to the 2nd outlet
some 25' away without even getting right on that outlet. But in the
ground there seems to be lots of attenuation (ground). I was getting
close in a big patch of some "weedy flowers" but had to give up as my
back couldn't take any more (recent back surgery). Today it's supposed
to rain all day, so it will have to wait.

Maybe these units work better when the ground is wet. Or worse. What
am I, a scientist?
Using trump's favorite line now, are you??? BG