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O/T: Yard Light put in by Com Ed?

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Blue3992 (N Ill

01-11-2007 12:41:37

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I've got the standard big yard light pole here on the farm, you know, a big wooden telephone pole with a light on the top.

Its getting a bit rotten at the bottom, and some of the wiring needs to be redone, so I've been looking into getting a new pole. Someone mentioned that the utility company (Com Ed here in N. Illinois) will install and maintain one for you, and just put a small monthly charge on your bill.

Does anyone know how this works? How muck a month is it? Do you pay the fee as long as you own the house? Will they take down the old pole?

I know I should just call Com Ed, but I waited on hold for 20 minutes this morning before just giving up and leaving a message. I figured I'd get an answer quicker posting here.

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Mike (WA)

01-12-2007 11:28:08

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Re: O/T: Yard Light put in by Com Ed? in reply to Blue3992 (N Illinois), 01-11-2007 12:41:37

When we bought our place 18 years ago, it had two yard lites- $6 per month each, PUD (Public Utility District) furnishes power and maintiains them. About 2 years ago, I was fooling around with the service panel, trying to figure out which breaker was which, and one of the breakers turned off one of the yard lites. So we'd been paying $6 per month for 16 years, and had been furnishing the power to boot. PUD was not interested in refunding any of my money, but said they would replace the light bulb the next time for free- don't know when that might be, because neither light has burned out in the 18 years, and I'm not getting any younger.

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Gary Schafer

01-12-2007 08:57:47

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Re: O/T: Yard Light put in by Com Ed? in reply to Blue3992 (N Illinois), 01-11-2007 12:41:37

I saw that a neighbor of mine made a real nice light pole by using a couple of 4x4 treated posts in the ground I suppose about 4 feet and sticking out about 5 or 6 feet. They were placed a couple of inches apart. Then a 20 foot piece of 2 inch water pipe placed between the posts with a bolt thru at the top of the posts and near the bottom to hold the pipe. Mount the light at the top, run the wire up the middle of the pipe and you can tilt it over when you need to service the light.
Looked real nice.

By the way, where I live was renting a light from the power company for awhile which they also maintained and the cost was around $9.00 per month. I put up my own and figured that my cost is about $4.00 or so a month for the power used.

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Gary

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in-too-deep

01-11-2007 19:28:29

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Re: O/T: Yard Light put in by Com Ed? in reply to Blue3992 (N Illinois), 01-11-2007 12:41:37

If you'll allow me to change th subject briefly...whereabout are you in N Illinois? I'm in Franklin Grove. 'Bout an hour south of Rockford.

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Blue3992

01-11-2007 23:31:33

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Re: O/T: Yard Light put in by Com Ed? in reply to in-too-deep, 01-11-2007 19:28:29

I'm just down the road, near Kingston IL, about a half hour north of DeKalb.

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Lazy Farmer

01-11-2007 17:34:32

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Re: O/T: Yard Light put in by Com Ed? in reply to Blue3992 (N Illinois), 01-11-2007 12:41:37

Find a used tv tower.

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glennster

01-11-2007 13:36:27

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Re: O/T: Yard Light put in by Com Ed? in reply to Blue3992 (N Illinois), 01-11-2007 12:41:37

if you need utility poles, keep your eyes out when com ed replaces poles, ie street widening, new construction, ect. stop by the guys working and ask them for some old poles they take out. they are more than happy to give them to you as soon as they find out you're a farmer and need em to shore up the corn crib. you need to get there with the trailer when they pull the poles so you can load em and skee-daddle.

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Blue3992 (N Illinois)

01-11-2007 13:28:14

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Nevermind in reply to Blue3992 (N Illinois), 01-11-2007 12:41:37

Never mind, Com Ed just called back. I didn't expect them to be so prompt.

To just put a new light on an exsisting pole, it's anywhere from 5-10 bucks extra a month.

To put up a new pole is 18 bucks a month, plus 15 bucks a month for a length of some sort of special "street light" wire.

All of those charges would continue as long as you own the house. Needless to say, I told them to forget it.

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JRB ne Ind

01-12-2007 06:52:14

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Re: Nevermind in reply to Blue3992 (N Illinois), 01-11-2007 13:28:14

Wow, here in ne-Ind I have a nightlight installed with 50' of wire [from existing power line] and complete maintance including pole, bulb and wire fron NorthEastern REMC for $7.00 per month. The electricty does not run thru my meter. They have been out several times in the last 20 yrs and there has never been a service charge.

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Oldmax

01-12-2007 05:01:39

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Re: Nevermind in reply to Blue3992 (N Illinois), 01-11-2007 13:28:14

Go out and hunt a old CB tower they sale for about $20 Per 10' one reg section one top section . Mount light on top set up .

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Gerald J.

01-11-2007 15:46:17

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Re: Nevermind in reply to Blue3992 (N Illinois), 01-11-2007 13:28:14

I made a pole last fall. I've not put it up yet. I used 6 pieces of 2x6 16' foundation grade. At one face I used two end to end with a slope cut on the top end. In the center layer I cut one in half, put half at the bottom, a 16' in the middle and the othr 8' at the top cut with a double bevel. For the other face I cut 4' off a 16', put 12' at the bottom, then a 16' the that 4' on top with a bevel. I nailed together with stainless steel nails and glued with gorilla glue. Its more flexible than a pole, but less costly than a new pole. I may get it up this spring with a light on it. The face layers I cut beveled and oriented so water wouldn't run into the center of the pole.

In the middle of Iowa, the wood cost about $96.

Gerald J.

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dhfdh

01-11-2007 19:58:21

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Re: Nevermind in reply to Gerald J., 01-11-2007 15:46:17

just grab a pole when they replace the shorter ones to make way for taller ones. get yourself a post hole digger, a a gallon of tar, and you're in business.

I'd have that whole thing done in a day, no sh*ting around calling people.

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Gerald J.

01-11-2007 20:37:06

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Re: Nevermind in reply to dhfdh, 01-11-2007 19:58:21

That sometimes works, but the last one I did that to, fell over one day. Rotted off at the ground line. The junked it for a reason.

Gerald J.

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