Led Christmas Light String Half Out

And if you re buying new lights consider upgrading to led christmas lights.

Led christmas light string half out.

If after all the testing the light string still doesn t illuminate it s time to get some new lights. Measuring the current in the light string half with the one light removed the current was 12ma. New christmas light fuses are available where christmas lights are sold and at some electronics stores. Power is received at both ends but no lights or only half of either end.

I m sure you ve all experienced it half a string goes out the other half is on. Every year myself and millions of others are going through the frustration of led christmas light string failures. I am happy to say the lights are still working fine after two weeks. Led christmas lights last longer and provide more color options than regular lights but they burn out on occasion.

Check out our recommendations for the best extension cords for outdoor christmas lights displays. Remove the first bulb that is not working in the half strain of lights. Sixty bulb led christmas lights are built from two half strings of 30 bulbs each. The general upper limit for led s is 20ma so the current level is still reasonable even with the one light removed.

There s an easy way to fix your led christmas lights and save money. Replace any blown christmas light fuses. They do not have replaceable bulbs because they are all molded into the string. For light strings that commonly have over 50 bulbs they are constructed in 2 or more continuous circuits.

Some christmas light strings have more than one fuse in which case they ll be next to each other. The first several search results made me gag. Take the bulb you just removed and replace it then remove the second bulb in the string and repeat this process until you have taken out each bulb and replaced it with another bulb in the entire strand of lights. Incandescent christmas tree lights aka mini lights are wired in series so if your lights go partially out you have one of three issues.

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. People actually suggested cutting out the offending half string and patching in another one. Half the string is out we have the first version of led s that costco sold about 7 8 years ago.