A Thank You to the members about low voltage

CavemanCharlie wrote:

My only concern with the newer Gray Metal buried units is that the cheap metal is going to be rusted out in a few years. The old post style , though not up to today's code and can not handle today's loads, were around for decades.

In just a few years the buried metal ones are going to be junk and need to replace the metal boxes. Though the wires will still be good.

That's what I think too. I doubt these have much of a corrosion protection coating and if there is, it's probably pretty thin. Hard to understand why the code allows them to be direct buried. At least with wood posts, you can just remove the remains of the old one and drop in a new one without having to re & re any wire connections.