So decided to do a bit of gardening in the front yard of my older weatherboard house in WA.
I dug less than 200mm before coming across a 20mm diameter steel pipe (pictures below for context);
- The pipe seems to go towards the direction of the green Western Power pillar located the other side of the fence (for safety
I didn’t dig in that area so I’m not quite sure if it actually connects to that). - The other end of the pipe seems to go towards my mains (but I didn’t dig in that area so I’m not quite sure if it actually connects to that).
- There seem to be thin green and white wires inside the steel pipe (hard to take a picture).
- Paid one electrician and he tested and said there is no Live wire in there - but he still wasn't sure.
- Called and paid another electrician and they said it's Earth wire (but he wasn't sure why it's going towards the green dome. He said they usually bury electrical wires 500mm deep - this one isn't. Also the wire inside is much thinner than the usual electrical wires - but it's not comms as well because we know the location of those).
I was wondering if anybody out there has had a similar thing, who can shed some light on this mysterious pipe.
Just curios to learn what it is, whether I can plant shrubs or turf on there, should it be concreted in for safety, should I keep load away from it, should I relocate it, etc.
Thanks for reading
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