That is awesome but.................Where are the HIGHMASTS!!!!!

Thanks! I'm really happy with it too! Still working on those highmasts lol.

Looks good, great job!!

Thanks Darren.

Looks great

Thanks.

Looks like a job well done!

Thanks! Yeah I'm very happy with the results. I just wish I could have run an underground wire to the house (even if I had to plug it in, just have the UF run to a box on a 2X4 post right next to the outlet on the house and have it plug in instead of having to run two extension cords to power it. My dad definitely wouldn't allow me to dig up the whole yard to run a wire and it's temporary (I'm taking it down when I move out) and UF cable is expensive and this project was expensive as it was (like $70!). I added the duplex outlet though so if I need to power something I don't have two run another two cords for it since the cord feeding the light would also feed whatever I plug in.

Nice job! Looks like your yard will be pretty well lit with two streetlights lol. I suppose one cheaper option is to just buy a long 12 gauge extension cord to power it when you need to, that way you only need to run one cord lol.

Thanks!

Yeah that's true, I could just buy a long cord that spans the whole yard. Didn't think of that actually lol.


BTW, the little thing on the 1-1/4" EMT is a pressure-secured (water-tight I assume, although it doesn't really matter since I used UF cable) coupling since I cut the EMT too short lol. Well actually, I had installed the horizontal 4X4 in the shed a foot too high lol. I had drilled the holes from the inside so I wouldn't miss the 4X4 and then I put it all up and found that the EMT ended right at ground level instead of going a foot into the ground. So then I had to race back to Lowe's to buy that coupling (which was on sale for 22 cents BTW lol) and then race home. I still finished this in a day so I'm very happy.

Driving yourself I assume? BTW I'm getting the rules of the road book this week I think...

Yep i drove myself. My brother came along for the ride and was a little freaked out with my lead foot lol

Nice job! That's a classy fixture that looks great in a backyard...or front yard for that matter.

Thanks! Yeah this lights the backyard well and can be seen from the street and yeah, looks good from the front yard too.

That came out very nice! Hopefully someday you can run a conduit out to the shed for a more permanent connection.

Lead foot meaning stepping on the gas too much/fast? That's nothing compared to people who drift over the yellow line, then drive several hundred yards in the "wrong" lane, or twiddle the steering wheel while on the freeway to freak out passengers. Both of which I've been exposed to.

@ Tony; not with this installation but definitely when i get my own house. This is purposely wired to a cord as a long-term temporary installation. My parents don't want me digging up the yard and I couldn't afford to buy 40ft of UF cable anyway.

@ Andy; Lead foot meaning speeding/driving 10-20MPH over the speed limit. Depends on the street. Around here, they pretty much mark any street as 25MPH when 30 or even 45MPH is perfectly safe. Around here you sometimes have to swerve like a drunk and drift over the line to avoid getting your wheel destroyed by all the potholes here. It's terrible. Florida has MUCH nicer roads lol. All the salt and constant thawing and freezing wreaks havoc on the asphalt here.