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Fun => The Porch => Topic started by: chrisatpsu on January 01, 2012,
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you guys are probably already using this, but those little plastic stakes at walmart that hold the c7's, or c9's
they come in a box of 25, and most people hardly ever look at them...
they work great for...
i have the metal tomato cage mini trees, i use three of these stakes to hold onto the metal stems of the cage to keep them from rolling over in the wind...
AND...
if i keep the clip pointed straight up, i can use them to hold my power and cat5 cables a couple inches off the ground so they dont sit in water...
what have you guys tried?
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They were also available at big lots for $2 and lowes (more). I bought a few hundred (stakes, not packs) mostly used for original purpose, which has kept breaker issues away. I also use them to keep sockets off the ground, where strings plug in
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doesn't solve the shorting problems, but I use landscape staples to hold my tomato cages to the ground.
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hopefully, i'm ok with mine, but i wrapped the lights really loosely on my cages, and tried to make sure a socket wasn't near a metal piece of the cage. so far it's been ok
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you guys are probably already using this, but those little plastic stakes at walmart that hold the c7's, or c9's
they come in a box of 25, and most people hardly ever look at them...
they work great for...
i have the metal tomato cage mini trees, i use three of these stakes to hold onto the metal stems of the cage to keep them from rolling over in the wind...
AND...
if i keep the clip pointed straight up, i can use them to hold my power and cat5 cables a couple inches off the ground so they dont sit in water...
what have you guys tried?
Hmmmm. Thats what I used them for.. Doesnt the box say for cat 5 cables too? lol ;D
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I like the idea of keeping the plugs off the ground but I keep my tomato cage trees down with the small metal tent stakes.
I made a couple shorter trees by cutting down a large cage.... I turned the scrap material in to tent stakes ised to hold the trees down..
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never a bad idea here... keep going! we're all learning!
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I used them to keep my extension cords off the ground. (At the plug ends) They work great for this.
As a matter of fact, the one spot I did not use one, (A bunch of animal tinsels grouped together)
Was the cause of the only GFI trip I had this season.
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what's animal tinsel?
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I use the green plastic coated aluminum garden stakes to hold my mini's down. I get 6' ones and cut them to 2' (cheaper than buying shorter lengths) and push half of the pole into the ground and zip-tie the tree to the 1' sticking out. They withstood 40+MPH winds...so far. ;D
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To keep my plugs safe from moisture I wrap the plug/cord connection with the plastic Home Depot bags my lights came home in. (Any bag will do, it doesn't have to be HD.) :D
I'm hoping to use those stakes for some broken/lost parts on my string of candy cane lights in the front yard. Right now, some of them are zip-tied to some wood stakes. It looks a little ghetto during the day, but luckily those have been covered by snow since mid-December!
I've found that the broom clips that hold my PVC in place are great multi-taskers for holding extension cords out of the way/in place.
Speaking of multi-taskers, the "gifts" in my display are storage boxes wrapped with tablecloths from the $1 store. Now I have somewhere to put the inflatable Eeyore, his backbone/extra lights and the arch around my front door.
That's a good synopsis of what I've learned in my first year! I love reading others' tricks of the trade!
Steve