Do you fix not working strands of Christmas lights?

Do you fix not working strands of Christmas lights?

  • No

    Votes: 20 87.0%

  • Yes

    Votes: 3 13.0%
  • Total voters
    23
Put a "Maybe" option on there. I'll put about 30 seconds to a minute of effort into it. If that doesn't get it, I toss em. But I hate the wastefulness.
 
I cut bulbs off and make money off of em fill up 2-4 55 gallon 7mil trash bags with cord and go cash in... when I scrap copper or whatever I’m getting out of the way
 
drkelly said:
What is that?
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You plug it into the strand, and click the trigger till the lights start working. Got it at Walmart where all the Christmas lights are. My dad, a true Griswold turned me onto it.
 

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Last year...and a few again this year.

When it would require a 400 dollar plus pre lit tree to make the wife happy? Yes. Took almost a day. I don't generally clear 400 in a day. Plus I got major points.
 
WARRIORWELDING said:
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Last year...and a few again this year.

When it would require a 400 dollar plus pre lit tree to make the wife happy? Yes. Took almost a day. I don't generally clear 400 in a day. Plus I got major points.
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Woah! What exactly were you doing there?

I had several strands this year that only about half the bulbs would light up. I guess that tool that was posted above is the ticket, but without it, I have no clue where the problem is, or any idea how to fix it. In the trash they went. Many years ago I would pull some bulbs and try to fix them, but I don't remember ever having any luck.
 
drkelly said:
Woah! What exactly were you doing there?

I had several strands this year that only about half the bulbs would light up. I guess that tool that was posted above is the ticket, but without it, I have no clue where the problem is, or any idea how to fix it. In the trash they went. Many years ago I would pull some bulbs and try to fix them, but I don't remember ever having any luck.
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Those were all bad...it's a pretty lit tree. All I can figure is as it got worse the remaining got more current. It would actually wipe out whole strands. It being pre lit it was in grids or sections. I'd carefully dissect each and replace as needed. One on each strand was a bit different in make. It didn't take long to figure out it was essential to replace it with the same.....not sure if it's function but a whole strand of new bulbs wouldn't work without it being correct, but a few of the others out would not.

I hate Commercial Christmas. My wife eats it up.
 
I said yes, but only because I recently fixed the lights on my pre-lit tree due to my dog chewing through one wire. Normally if they are just not lighting up, I dont bother troubleshooting them.
 
WARRIORWELDING said:
Those were all bad...it's a pretty lit tree. All I can figure is as it got worse the remaining got more current. It would actually wipe out whole strands. It being pre lit it was in grids or sections. I'd carefully dissect each and replace as needed. One on each strand was a bit different in make. It didn't take long to figure out it was essential to replace it with the same.....not sure if it's function but a whole strand of new bulbs wouldn't work without it being correct, but a few of the others out would not.

I hate Commercial Christmas. My wife eats it up.
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When our prelit tree started dieing, I just added more strands of lights to it. Luckily the stock bulbs were small enough that you didnt notice them. I tried to replace using extra bulbs I had around, and realized that they were all different enough to not work.
 
paradisePWoffrd said:
When our prelit tree started dieing, I just added more strands of lights to it. Luckily the stock bulbs were small enough that you didnt notice them. I tried to replace using extra bulbs I had around, and realized that they were all different enough to not work.
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took me two years to find a matching bulb....bought brand new sets and swapped em. Its so darn simple to stack, plug, and turn on. Is it also bad enough my wife has a room dedicated to seasonal decorations? The tree gets reassembled for storage and never gets re compressed. Its actually very nice for commercial Christmas. The thing has all these Hallmark ornaments which have a power link and now a power strip dedicated to them......After the tree is up I stay far, far away.
 
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Last year...and a few again this year.

When it would require a 400 dollar plus pre lit tree to make the wife happy? Yes. Took almost a day. I don't generally clear 400 in a day. Plus I got major points.
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You sir, are a saint. I don't have the patience for that shit. I, for the hell of it, pulled the strand off the top of my tree that wasn't working tonight. What a pain in the ass. There's no way I could do the whole tree.
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I went to Lowes today and bought another pre lit tree because half the lights on our old one didn't come on when we plugged it in. I checked the plugs, checked the fuses, then chunked it out the front door. Christmas stuff was already on sale so new tree was almost half off.

Duane
 
The only ones I fix are the old school bubble lights they outlawed in the 80's, my Dad was smart enough to buy all the replacement bulbs he could find.
 
Two-door nine four said:
You plug it into the strand, and click the trigger till the lights start working. Got it at Walmart where all the Christmas lights are. My dad, a true Griswold turned me onto it.
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I bought that tool. It did not fix my broken lights.
 
justjeepin86 said:
You sir, are a saint. I don't have the patience for that shit. I, for the hell of it, pulled the strand off the top of my tree that wasn't working tonight. What a pain in the ass. There's no way I could do the whole tree.
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Holy crap, that was me yesterday; I think I have the exact same tree (Lowe's). First year, it was OK, second year about only half lit, this year almost none of the lights worked. I did some troubleshooting, but couldn't figure it out, so decided to pull the lights off. I did the top section, as pictured, and half of another section, probably will knock it out little by little over the next few nights. Wife isn't very happy that the tree is still in the living room though.
 
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