Best Way To Troubleshoot Christmas Lights

Try this if the entire string goes out.

Best way to troubleshoot christmas lights.

Replacing a blown fuse. Begin at one end of the darkened string of christmas lights and carefully remove the first bulb. In older lights strings though a single dead bulb may cause the entire string to go dark. Buy the led keeper.

How to fix christmas lights method 1 of 4. New christmas light fuses are available where christmas lights are sold and at some electronics stores. First slide back the plastic covering on the plug to check the christmas light fuse. Check out our recommendations for the best extension cords for outdoor christmas lights displays.

Step 2 locate the two wires on the bottom of the bulb and touch a probe to each wire ensuring that the probes do not touch each other or more than one wire. Https amzn to 2jhduoq amazon associate link this video is a follow up to my original how to fix christmas lights video. If not you must remove the new bulb plug in the original bulb and continue to the second socket. If the strand lights great you have solved the problem.

Replace any blown christmas light fuses. The same goes for bad fuses bad light sockets or even bad wires. It combines a voltage detector bulb. The job is easier with a christmas light bulb tester an inexpensive little tool that you can buy online or from many hardware stores.

Some christmas light strings have more than one fuse in which case they ll be next to each other. Most of these tools include. A blown fuse will turn the entire string. The best option is to use either an electrician s multimeter or a tool specifically designed for repairing christmas lights such as the lightkeeper pro.

To troubleshoot in this scenario start by swapping the first bulb in the strand with a new bulb preferably one you know works such as a borrowed bulb from a working strand of lights. Finding the dead bulb storebought tools. Buy a christmas light repair tool.