Lights should kick.
Christmas light bulb tester instructions.
If they don t put the bulb back in and move on to the next one.
Now plug the christmas light bulb into the tester and see if it lights.
Instead of going out and buying one of those fancy light testers that don t seem to work like they should try this to test your mini lights and see if they work and need to be replaced.
If the same neon bulb lights then the problem is in the second half of the set.
Adjust the spacing between the two prongs to be the width of one of the light sockets in the christmas lights.
Remove a bulb from an unlit section plug the empty socket into the connector plug the string into an electric outlet then squeeze the trigger until the lights turn on.
Place the electric cord next to the d battery.
Insert the tip of the tester s probe into the wire hole in the base of the first bulb.
An led light on the unit stays lit when it detects a hum.
The christmas light tester comes with 2 lr44 watch batteries.
Instructions on use and care of the christmas light tester are included.
Move halfway down the set and insert the probe again.
If the lights come on you know that s the bad bulb.
Push in and release the large red button.
Plug in both the tester and the bulb set.
Over at wikihow i found this tutorial on how to make a mini christmas light bulb tester.
One of 4 things should happen.
If the light doesn t light then the bulb was bad.
One of the neon bulbs should light.
There s a way to test and fix the entire string of miniature lights without testing each bulb individually.
You start at the plug and follow the wires of the christmas lights into and out of each socket.
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