Patching hole in yard lamp pole

Got a real hardware store nearby? The kind with drawers full of hardware, including oddball parts that make you wonder who uses some of them? I've seen various sizes of rubber plugs in stores like that. Measure the hole and take a ride to the store.

Black tape will work fine. They make knockout plugs as well but in your case tape is quick and easy. Good to close it, it's a perfect habitat for wasps

Actually, we do have a hardware store not too far away that I have only been in once because it looked more like a cross between a junk yard and an Army-Navy surplus store. Probably just the place.

Yes. That's called a hardware store, and in many ways, it probably makes Home Depot & Lowes look like toy stores.

I called the local hardware store. They have metal knockout plugs. What would I ask for (or search for) that would be like the black rubber grommets that snap into place but without the hole?

The hole is 3/4" dia and the pole is black.

Just walk in and tell them what you're trying to do. The beauty of a real hardware store is that you don't NEED to know the name of the thing you're looking for. They sell solutions.

That sounds like a hole made for a photocell. The smallest trade sized knockout plug fits a 7/8" hole, so you may have to find a black plastic plug or grommet.

You might ask the hardware store about a rubber cork or even a wooden one if appearance isn't a problem That would give you a little leeway on sizing. Painting the wooden cork should make it last for some time.

if hol is low near bottom in ivy it was made that way, a opening for wire to pole, or for a pole outlet.

in either case just forget about it, build dirt up around bottom

I'd go with the electric tape. The tape may dry and come loose after a year or two. Sunshine contains generous ammounts of UV radiation, which is tough on electrical tape.

I've seen UV resistant black vinyl tape, but not sure it's at stores.

Aluminum tape, or even those square patches they sell in the auto body repair aisle, and a can of black spray paint, and you will be fine.

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The hole is at the top, about 2" below the cap.

In that case, you must make this into a much bigger deal than originally thought. Find a metal artist who works in bronze and have a tiny, decorative plaque made. It should cost at least a couple hundred bucks due to the tiny, etched images in it.

It was mentioned the hole is likely for a photo-cell.

Find a dummy plug to plug it up!

2) use a wine bottle cork and plug the hole

Mine comes from my HVAC parts house, which is pretty much the same thing. No worries. Big adress with a bunch of melted rocks, and lava and magma. Occasionally, stuff flows down the side of the building. Not molten rock, more like icicles.

Did you mean wrought iron? Outdoor bronze is so, so tacky.

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Prof Wonmug wrote the following:

I've read the replies so far. I will repeat a solution I mentioned earlier for weatherproofing AC ducts. Get some Con-tact shelf paper to wrap the pole around the hole. It comes in Black too. It will look better than electrical tape.