Now before you drape all those lights on your artificial christmas trees you may want to use.
Best way to test christmas tree lights.
Testing the connections and wiring in fairy lights 1.
Light testers search for the point in the string where the voltage changes between a good bulb with current flowing and a problem area with minimal current.
When they don t work 2.
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.
You ll get a bright colorful look by adding one strand per foot of tree.
The christmas light tester will indicate which bulbs are bad and need to be replaced.
Christmas light testers the most convenient way to test for faulty bulbs in a light string is through the use of a light tester.
According to real simple there s an easy way to calculate how much string lighting is needed for any size christmas tree.
Check the fuse and wiring in the plug.
You can see how to wire a plug and test cables here 3.
There s a way to test and fix the entire string of miniature lights without testing each bulb individually.
Unpack your bulbs and plug them in to test they work before you put them on the tree.