Christmas Light Bulb Tester Instructions

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.

Christmas light bulb tester instructions.

Lights should kick. You start at the plug and follow the wires of the christmas lights into and out of each socket. Plug the light set into the outlet located on the front of tester. If the light doesn t light then the bulb was bad.

Insert the tip of the tester s probe into the wire hole in the base of the first bulb. There s a way to test and fix the entire string of miniature lights without testing each bulb individually. If they don t put the bulb back in and move on to the next one. Adjust the spacing between the two prongs to be the width of one of the light sockets in the christmas lights.

Plug in both the tester and the bulb set. To use the light tester remove the battery cover and insert. A hum tracer tester works by detecting the electromagnetic vibrations generated by household electrical current. If the same neon bulb lights then the problem is in the second half of the set.

An led light on the unit stays lit when it detects a hum. Now plug the christmas light bulb into the tester and see if it 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. Test 100 incandescent light tester instructions plug the light tester into a standard 120 volt outlet and flip up the on off power switch.

One of the neon bulbs should light. One of 4 things should happen. Move halfway down the set and insert the probe again. Pull out one bulb at a time and stick a piece of folded up foil into the bulb socket.

Push in and release the large red button. Place the electric cord next to the d battery. If the lights come on you know that s the bad bulb. Carefully splice the cord down the middle so you have two separate pieces that are still attached to the plug.

The christmas light tester comes with 2 lr44 watch batteries. Over at wikihow i found this tutorial on how to make a mini christmas light bulb tester.