How to Repair Christmas Lights
Christmas lights are not just great for decorating your home for the holidays, but they can also be used as wedding decorations, decorative lighting in a teen's bedroom, or even outdoor lighting on a porch. But what do you do when you plug in a strand of Christmas lights and they don't light up? Before you run out to the store to replace the strand of lights, you can try to repair them. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Plug in the lights.
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Press the black button at the top of the LightKeeper Pro until the red light comes on.
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Touch the LightKeeper Pro to the first bulb in the strand of lights closest to the outlet. If you hear a beep, proceed to the next step. If you don't hear a beep unplug the strand, flip the plug and plug the strand back in.
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Hold the LightKeeper Pro about 1/2-inch from the strand of lights, a couple inches past the first bulb. It should begin beeping. If it doesn't, move the tool toward the strand of lights until it does.
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Hold down the black button and move the LightKeeper along the strand of lights. Listen for the tool to quit beeping.
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Change the bulb between where the tool quits beeping and starts beeping again using the LightKeeper Pro's built in bulb remover. This will cause the rest of the strand of lights to light up.
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Use the built in bulb tester of the LightKeeper Pro to test individual bulbs on your strand of light by plugging them into the top of the tool to see if they light up.
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Use the Quick Fix Piezo Trigger to send electricity through the strand of lights to repair problems caused by with faulty shunts.
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Tips & Warnings
Many time the reason that a strand of Christmas lights isn't working is because a bulb is burned out which causes the electrical current to be disrupted, so testing the bulbs on the strand is the best place to start when repairing Christmas lights.
