Half Of Christmas Tree Lights Not Working

A light bulb has come out of its socket or is half out of its socket and it has brought down the circuit.

Half of christmas tree lights not working. Learning how to change a fuse in christmas lights is simple but if your strand of lights does not appear to have accessible fuses move on to step 4. Locate this by following the strand until you find a bulb in a larger plastic casing. Double check that the tree is unplugged from the wall and then check each plug and connector for a blown fuse. If the bulbs are all intact the problem may lie with the master bulb.

Holiday lights usually have cartridge fuses in a small compartment in the cord plug behind a sliding door. First slide back the plastic covering on the plug to check the christmas light fuse. Check the entire strand of lights for a missing damaged or abnormal looking bulb according to the christmas. Most prelit trees have fuses inside the electrical plugs.

Here are 3 easy s. Inspecting it closer i found it was half a string precisely. Check out our recommendations for the best extension cords for outdoor christmas lights displays. How to fix half a string of christmas lights that are out step 1.

December 1 each year i plug them in and set the timer for dusk to 8 hours later. As i am lazy i keep our outdoor christmas lights up all year. Replace any blown christmas light fuses. It s that time of year to decorate your house you pull out all your decorations then to your expectations the christmas lights don t work.

New christmas light fuses are available where christmas lights are sold and at some electronics stores. 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. Incandescent christmas tree lights aka mini lights are wired in series so if your lights go partially out you have one of three issues.

Open the fuse cover on top of the plug by sliding the cover toward the blades or prongs. This year however a bunch of the bulbs did not light up right in the middle of them all as my wife quickly informed me.