Led Christmas Lights Half Strand Out

There was no way i was going to replace the entire string so i went online to see what kind of solution might present itself.

Led christmas lights half strand out.

If this is your problem carefully replace the bulb after first unplugging the string of lights. And if you re buying new lights consider upgrading to led christmas lights. People actually suggested cutting out the offending half string and patching in another one. Some christmas light testers work by having you slide each christmas light bulb through a hole.

I hade the same problem on a set of ge led lights. You may find that the bulb has a black or silver looking stain on the inside. The first several search results made me gag. I took out each light staring at the end and i found one with a wire broken off of the bulb.

I ve never worked with that brand of lighting before but usually with christmas lights the are all interlinked as a loop circuit so the first one that is out is usually the cause of the problem. Check the entire strand of lights for a missing damaged or abnormal looking bulb according to the christmas light company website. Sixty bulb led christmas lights are built from two half strings of 30 bulbs each. I put a new bulb in and boom fixed.

I d try and replace the first dead bulb or if you can t find replacements you could try just linking the connectors by shorting them and. Incandescent christmas tree lights aka mini lights are wired in series so if your lights go partially out you have one of three issues. Second test the christmas light bulbs with an inexpensive tester available where holiday lights are sold and online usually changing a problem bulb or tightening it will fix the entire strand. If after all the testing the light string still doesn t illuminate it s time to get some new lights.

Thanks to everyone for the help. The christmas light tester will indicate which bulbs are bad and need to be replaced.