If not you must remove the new bulb plug in the original bulb and continue to the second socket.
Easiest way to troubleshoot christmas lights.
If the strand lights great you have solved the problem.
Sometimes that makes more sense and can work even faster but it can t always repai.
Changing a bad bulb.
Most of these tools include.
It combines a voltage detector bulb.
Buy a christmas light repair tool.
First slide back the plastic covering on the plug to check the christmas light fuse.
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Replacing a blown fuse.
I could never guess but you can repair your christmas tree lights quite easily using this method.
A blown fuse will turn the entire string.
Please note that this method helps with blown bulbs and n.
Pull up from the plastic seat of the bulb not the bulb itself.
New christmas light fuses are available where christmas lights are sold and at some electronics stores.
If you tug on the.
Finding the dead bulb storebought tools.
The lightkeeper pro is a trigger operated tool that sends a pulse of current through the light string to identify the faulty light bulb and repair the shunt.
Try this if the entire string goes out.
Some christmas light strings have more than one fuse in which case they ll be next to each other.
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.
Remove corrosion from the plug prongs and plug the string in again.
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.
Replace any blown christmas light fuses.
I also tried a light keeper pro to get a string of lights working.