There must be a way to find and repair the nonfunctional bulb that is causing my string of lights not to work. Does anyone know how?
2006-12-19 10:21:19 · 7 answers · asked by suzy qt 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Decorating & Remodeling
You need the new light zapper available at most craft stores like Michaels. If you plug in the string to the zapper click the device 4 times sometimes that gets the whole strand working. If you are tired of buying hundreds of strands of lights every year like we are, the light zapper is a life saver. We paid $4.99 for ours, have had it now for a couple of years and it saves us money replacing strands every time. It can even test the fuses and individual bulbs.
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Not without checking all of the bulbs on the portion that isn't lit or getting a light zapper. By hand, pull each light and check the wires on the bottom to make certain they are making proper contact in the base. Check to see if it is burned out by installing it in a socket on the working portion of the strand. Big old pain and sore fingers.
Go to your local craft store or discounter and get a light zapper. Great invention. You zap the strand with the gun and about 80 percent of the time, it majically gets the strand to work in its entirety. Mine is called Holiday Living light set repair tool & tester. It has a sound and light continuity detectors, bulb remover and tester all in one handy gun.
Most holiday light sets fail because an individual light bulb shunt fails to energize as a filament burns out. The zapper sends a pulse through the damaged bulb and clears the shunt so the current can flow.
You can check it out at www.lightkeeper.Biz
Sesson's Greetings to another holiday decorator who is very tired of the disposable string of lights that cost hundreds of dollars every year!
2006-12-19 10:50:09 · answer #1 · answered by eskie lover 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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With a young dog in the house I would suggest you have two reasonable choices: 1) go without lights on the tree this year, or 2) buy new lights, it's not worth playing around with electricity to repair the chewed set. Run the cord up the tree, then over to the wall well above the puppies' reach, tape it to the wall as you run it down to the plug. I'd also find a way to keep the puppy out of the room where the tree is unless you are right there and alert.
2016-04-03 05:06:47 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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There must be a way to find and repair the nonfunctional bulb that is causing my string of lights not to work. Does anyone know how?
2015-08-06 22:54:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christmas Light Zapper
2016-12-17 03:31:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is your dog okay? That's the first thing I'd be caring about... Sorry, but if your cord is that chewed up then just go and buy a new 1 for a couple bucks. Not a huge deal, i guess. Seriously hope your DOG is okay, just want to make sure...but my lab somehow got a hold of our air conditioning cable in the middle of a hot summer and he was totally fine (that was a joyful summer *sarcasm* :) ) so I'm guessing your pup will be okay.
2016-03-22 21:32:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They've been making lights with parallel circuits for at least 5 years now. You need to buy a new string, they will not stop working because of one bad bulb.
2006-12-19 10:34:00 · answer #6 · answered by mario_fan81 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is easiest and the simple way to repair and fix Christmas light with no tools and fast: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krqsORb_tLE
2013-11-11 10:20:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A new string costs $5-$7. If you spent an hour trying to fix them...then you are working for minimum wage. Toss them!!
2006-12-19 10:49:56 · answer #8 · answered by johnnydean86 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋