Not that it matters, but the hole is for a plastic bar that comes with the lamp post. I have 2 of these from home depot. Its a straight bar about 18 inches long that is designed to slide through the holes.. you do have 2 directly across the post, right?
Moisture will make the contact paper look like crap after a short time, and then he'll also have to clean the gooey adhesive off the pole.
JoeSpareBedroom wrote the following:
It's called contact paper, but it is a plastic film.
or, try the obvious.
Buy a photocell to fit the hole.
This pole was installed way before we bought the house, probably 30-40 years ago. It did not come from Home Depot. There is only one hole. It looks like is was drilled by hand (ragged edges).
I thought shrink tubing was just that clear plastic stuff for electrical connections. I didn't know it was available in larger sizes.
Probably available larger. But it's a silly idea for this purpose. Did you find anything useful at the funky hardware store?
That's what I ended up doing. A few wraps with black electrical tape and it's sealed. After I finished, I could still see a depression where the hole is, which made me wish that I had cut a small piece of plastic or thin metal or something to cover the hole first. If the tape wears off, I'll do that next time.
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I never got over there. It's not real close, so I was waiting for some other reason to go over there. In the meantime, I used black electrical tape. The next time I'm over that way, I will stop in and see if they have something, just for fun.
Thought I answered this thread already- the tape and the thin metal can be one and the same. Metal furnace tape or those metal patches they sell in the auto body repair aisle. Trim to correct size, paint with a spray can, and when dry, stick on the the surface you degreased before-hand.
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I doubt anyone else will notice. Maybe it's a good luck sign?
That sounds like the kind of store I can spend a day in!
Silly idea.
Unless the light fixture itself is barely larger than the diameter of the pole on which it's mounted, he'll have two choices, both bad:
1) Find shrink tubing big enough to easily slip past the fixture. In that case, it'll be quite a bit larger than the pole, which would make it the wrong size. Of course, without knowing the size of the fixture vs the pole, this is conjecture, but excellent conjecture. 2) Remove the fixture in order to install the shrink tubing.I love shrink tubing. I think it's one of the most amazing things ever invented, second only to penicillin and twist-off beer caps. But it's not right for this purpose.
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