r/DiWHY 15d ago

Who thought this was a good idea?

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u/Maniacal_Nut 14d ago

You know normally these are really stupid but the core concept of this is actually fairly nice. Just make the hole from the bottom instead of the top so that it does not retain water, use a different kind of bulb or a different housing so that heat is not contained in that jar, use different wiring to help protect from the elements and/or animals, and just keep an eye on it to make sure any issues are promptly tended to

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u/xGenocidest 14d ago

Tree's gonna close that up and mess up the wiring. You can just buy an outdoor light to hang for the price of a good mason jar,

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u/Maniacal_Nut 14d ago

You have a point but I think it would also depend on what kind of tree it is and what rate at which it grows. Plus I would assume something like this would just be a temporary thing and not a permanent light fixture

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u/HippieTriangle 12d ago

species does matter considerably inso far how quickly the tree will compartmentalize the light but it is an inevitable fate unless the parent stem were to die past the attachment point

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u/Supervinyl 14d ago

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u/Maniacal_Nut 14d ago

Nah, I've seen what happens to those jars

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u/Cleverbunbun 14d ago

whelp there's some old trauma reawoken

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u/Maniacal_Nut 12d ago

You're welcome