![]() ![]() Either way, I’ve had fun working on some Christmas recipes over the weekend, and am excited to share them with you this week. Or maybe it’s just a fresh wave of insanity. I’m sure you can understand my lack of energy and enthusiasm. ![]() If the lights come on, you know thats the bad bulb. We are okay, but Corban has just been having a rough time with this ear infection, and I have been getting 2-4 hours of sleep a night because of it. Pull out one bulb at a time, and stick a piece of folded up foil into the bulb socket. On that note, sorry I’ve been quiet the past week. Okay, I know it’s a little silly, but when you’ve spent several days cooped up in the house with a sick baby (first ear infection) and feel like you’re going crazy, you have to celebrate the little victories! Just make sure that you leave a big enough piece poking out to easily remove it in the future! If you don’t have any replacement bulbs, you can leave the foil in until you do. If they don’t, put the bulb back in and move on to the next one. Buy products such as Holiday Time Multicolor Icicle Christmas Lights Set, 18, 300 Count, White Wire at Walmart. If the lights come on, you know that’s the bad bulb. Shop for Icicle Lights in Christmas Lights. Pull out one bulb at a time, and stick a piece of folded up foil into the bulb socket. If they don’t, you’ll just have to start at one end and work your way down. Try running your hands along the lights, and if they flicker on or off at one point, start testing the bulbs in the area you were just touching. SO, if you’re trying to fix you Christmas lights for free at the last minute, and don’t have a bulb tester, you too can use this little trick. I suspected that a piece of foil shoved in the socket in place of the bulb would complete the circuit and allow the entire section of lights to work, and it turns out I was right! That’s when I was inspired by the Christmas spirit of genius, and busted out the tin foil. Since we literally had just a few dollars in our bank account to last us to the next pay day (I’m sure you all know how unexpected emergency expenses take their toll), there was no way we were going to be buying one this year either. ![]() This is the fourth year in a row that we said, “we should really buy a Christmas light bulb tester (LINK)”, and yet we still don’t own one. We finally got our tree put up, and were dismayed to discover that several sections of lights weren’t working. If I don't need a perfectly straight line, I just tack in a few nails, about every foot does it well, then hang the lights on that (nail going between the wires).This is not food related, but I feel like MacGuyver, so I had to share my little tip on how to repair your Christmas lights for free. The best way to shorten lights wired in series is to remove an entire series section of lights by cutting lights apart where there are only has two wires, with. The best thing I do when hanging my lights, is I will staple a twist tie to the wood, then use the twist tie to hold the wire. I also separate the lights with ones used outdoors and ones used indoors (the bulbs aren't faded, and a little less abused). NOTE: These troubleshooting instructions apply to LED strips from any manufacturer/supplier, not just strip lights purchased from InStyle LED. Although LEDs go fast and you better be there opening on the 26th to get any good sets. This support page offers a comprehensive hands-on guide, explaining why your LED strip lights are not working and how to fix them. Why is only half of my LED Christmas lights working If half a strand is working and the other half is not, you may have a broken bulb. It’s pretty easy to get your job done when a section of the lights goes out. The only way to get rid of the problem is to find the bad bulb. Since I was in high school, I've been buying after christmas clearance lights. The rest of the strand can’t work if one bulb dies. Which also means more than one night of being outside. That way I can tell if there's any breaks in the wire. Usually at dusk, so there's still enough sunlight to see. If you're stapling the wires to the roof, it's very easy that you've broken the wire, so that's why it was on when they were down, but suddenly went off when they went up. I always fold mine, so it's easy to see if there's any missing or broken. Double check on the bulbs to make sure non are broken. But if a bulb is missing, the section will go out. As well, many strands are the "always on" meaning, if a bulb is burnt the rest remain lit. The strands are broken into sections, so if a section of wiring is bad, it'll cause the whole section to go out, but not the whole strand. ![]()
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