Why is it when you have a string of lights, the last portion of lights always goes out. It's not the fuses, their ok. None are burned out and they all seem connected.
2006-12-20 09:41:52 · 3 answers · asked by bill554904 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Often it is a loose bulb. Most of those long strings have two or three supply branches and if any bulb in that series comes loose, the whole branch goes out. Sometimes, when all the bulbs seem tight, it can be a burnt out bulb with an inoperative bypass shunt. This shunt is a little thing that kicks in when a bulb burns out so the rest of the bulbs in the series stays lit. The inoperative shunt seems to be epidemic these days, probably due to the cheapie bulbs coming from China.
Kind of funny, we have a lot of heirloom vintage lights from the sixties and seventies, and we dont have much trouble with them.
This year we tossed a lot of our non-heirloom standard non-working lights and replaced them with the new LED lights. They look to be much better made, and LEDs have about two hundred times the lifespan of bulbs. In addition, they produce a beautiful intense light, with excellent colors. We will see how they work.
2006-12-20 10:32:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think about it.
When putting up your lights, which end do you start at? The plug end of course.
What are the rest of the lights doing? Bouncing all over the place and getting yanked on when it gets stuck. ("Stipid Lights!")
After all that banging around, I'd break too.
2006-12-20 17:53:25 · answer #2 · answered by Mr. KnowItAll 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need a light expert for this one us idiots dont know lol
2006-12-20 17:49:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋