Some christmas light testers work by having you slide each christmas light bulb through a hole.
C9 christmas lights not working.
You re not crazy those lights did work last year.
There are several ways to repair your lights depending on the problem and how hands on you re willing to get.
The best option is to use either an electrician s multimeter or a tool specifically designed for repairing christmas lights such as the lightkeeper pro.
By the third week half of them did not work.
It combines a voltage detector bulb.
Christmas lights often burn out the moment you unplug them so the problem often goes unnoticed.
In other words if a bulb burns out the filament is blown the rest of the lights stay lit.
Start by checking for a blown fuse a common problem with a quick and easy fix.
More than likely one of your mini light bulbs has popped out of it s socket modern mini lights are manufactured with a shunt wire that keeps the circuit intact if a bulb burns out.
I checked the fuse as instructed but it still did not work after replacing the fuse.
The christmas light tester will indicate which bulbs are bad and need to be replaced.