Problem with front yard light post getting hot (1 Viewer)

[JoeSteeler]

i bought a house a year ago and it has a yard light similar to this. When we moved in the light worked fine but about 2 weeks ago the bulb burned out. Replaced it with a 60watt bulb and it worked for one day and then that too burned out. Replaced it again but there was a noticeable hum coming from the light and the post got very warm quickly.

it is one of those lights that come on when it gets dark but there is a light switch near the front door that controls it. Once I felt the post getting hot I turned the light switch off and haven't turned it on since. 

I realize I probably need an electrician come and check it out, but curious what could cause this? According to the label on the light, 75 watts is the max that can be used. 

An ideas?

 

[culdeus]

Bad ground. Probably need to pull a new line from the j box. Rat ate it or got wet. 

 

[JoeSteeler]

Bad ground. Probably need to pull a new line from the j box. Rat ate it or got wet. 

thanks...expensive? Probably wait until spring to get it looked at, any potential problems in waiting that long to address it?

 

[grateful zed]

go solar

 

[Bucky86]

Buy a new house. /Chet

 

[culdeus]

thanks...expensive? Probably wait until spring to get it looked at, any potential problems in waiting that long to address it?

Nah. Whatever the issue is 99.999999% is at the base of the pole. Likely installed badly. It happens. 

 

[RokNRole]

Sell the house and buy a bigger one

 

[lardonastick]

Sounds like ghosts/demons messing with you. Contact a priest.

 

[NotSmart]

Magma maybe?

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Buy a new house. /Chet

Buy the whole neighborhood. /Dentist

 

[grateful zed]

is there, by chance, an ancient indian burial ground in your neighborhood?

 

[Henry Ford]

It was created as a light pole but it identifies as a stripper pole.  That's why it's getting hot.  Play some Poison or Def Leppard and grease it up for the local soccer moms. You'll be fine.

 

[daddo39]

Its a possibility they didn't put the feed wire in conduit and it got wet. A new wire fed from the light pole to the switch box is the easy solution, expect a couple hundred bucks to fix

 

[Sabertooth]

Buy the whole neighborhood. /Dentist

Buy the daycare down the street /Homer

 

[JoeSteeler]