Landscape lightpost with receptacle cavity

A landscape lightpost apparatus for mounting an electric lamp fixture and an electrical receptacle having connecting wires, said apparatus adapted to receive and route electrical and grounding feed wires into an environmentally protected locked enclosure for making electrical connections with said lamp connecting wires and electrical receptacle connecting wires, said apparatus comprising:

• a cap having a cavity defined by a first substantially closed end, a second open end and a cap body therebetween, said cap body further including a selectively opened aperture for mounting the electrical receptacle, the aperture covered by a housing cover;
• means connected to said closed end of said cap for mounting said lamp fixture on said cap with said lamp connecting wires of said lamp fixture received in said cavity of said cap and means connected to said cap body for mounting said electrical receptacle on said cap body with said electrical receptacle connecting wires of said electrical receptacle received in said cavity of said cap;
• means for sealing the housing cover to the cap body to protect the cavity from detrimental environmental conditions;
• a housing base slidably received within said cavity of said cap for providing a conduit for receiving said feed wires routed through said post means and guiding them towards said lamp fixture, said cap including a lower abutment surface that rests on a perpendicular lip of the housing base,
• a housing separator slidably received within said conduit of said housing base for receiving and routing electrical and grounding feed wires from a region adjacent to the said ground surface through a main post to the cavity;
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• means for locking the housing separator to the housing base, said locking means including mating an engagement flange of the housing base with a locking slot of the housing separator, said locking slot including a bayonet type lock for maintaining relative position of the housing separator to the housing base in the locked position.

A landscape lightpost apparatus securable to a ground surface, said apparatus comprising:

• an electric receptacle having receptacle connecting wires;
• a main post having a lower end, an upper end, and structure defining an internal bore for receiving electrical and grounding feed wires from adjacent said ground surface;
• a housing base disposed about the upper end of the main post, said housing base defining an internal bore for receiving electrical and grounding wires, the internal bore including at least one engagement flange, said housing base further defining a projecting lip with a diameter greater than that of the main post;
• a housing separator disposed within the housing base, the housing separator including at least one locking slot, a separator plate, and a main post engagement ring for abutting engagement of the upper end of the main post, said locking slot positioned to receive the engagement flange of the housing base for sealing the main post internal bore from the housing base, and said separator plate defining at least one wire void for receiving electrical and grounding wires;
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• a cap having a cap body, receptacle cover, an open end and a substantially closed end, the cap body and substantially closed end defining an internal cavity having a longitudinal axis and an internal surface, the closed end of said cap including structure defining an aperture for holding an electric lamp fixture therein and said cap body including structure defining an aperture for holding the electrical receptacle, said electrical receptacle and said electric lamp fixture operably connected and in electrical communication with the electrical and grounding wires, the open end of the cap body forming an engagement face that mates with the projecting lip of the housing base.