Thought that was a good explanation about "electrons escaping from the bulb producing light". Someone could make a million if this crap didn't happen! Wish you all an early happy new yearĬhristmas lights have a fuse in the plug head that will blow out also. To jdmagness- Take The Tree Back To The Store. Lights are so cheap nowadays they are designed to fail so you have to buy new ones each yea., I have one set from 1960 and have had no problems year after year, except the unraveling, of course. "electrons escaping into the bulb" causing it to glow?Ĭome on, wise GEEK, Electrons are electricity, "Photons" are light! One thing is sure, there is no guarantee that lights won't blow no matter what the manufacturer says. As usual it is more trouble that you would think with lights that can blow for many reasons. Electrical surges from your power company can also blow lights.Ī surge protector will prevent this. You must come from a plug that does not string over five strings at once or you will blow some lights. There must be a problem with the wire somewhere between the last bulb that lights and the first bulb that doesn't? Any ideas? ![]() I replaced all the bulbs and fuses in the plug, to no avail. All 50 bulbs are black near the filament. About half of one strand on the tree is burned out. When I cut the wires to I then connect both hot and return together? Signed dazed and confused? This tells me that inside the female plug the hot and return must connect to make the circuit when no second string is used? While the hot wires go from bulb to bulb (series) the return wire runs the full length from male to female plug. I am dealing with three wires: two hot (connect to 50 percent each of the bulbs) and one return. i need to take a 100 mini bulb light string with an end to end plug and cut it in half and eliminate the female plug. You are better off purchasing a set of 50. January 6, and confused: Before you even consider cutting the string in half, the load will be increased, increasing the voltage and will blow some lights. If you place one light in the first or third string it lights. I have removed all the lights from their sockets. The string of non lit lights is in the middle of three sets. The lights are permanently tied to a Christmas tree. I have a problem with a string of lights. Just wanted to say thanks so much, this info helped me answer a question on my science assignment which i was really stuck on. The manufacturer decided to put an empty wire fake a parallel connection. I'm trying to find a bad bulb on a supposedly parallel christmas tree. Could this be a function of what's in the box? I've also checked the fuses, to no avail. I can't open it because it has screws with a unique head. Each string has a small plastic box attached. ![]() We have an artificial tree with lights that don't go out, even if you remove a bulb.
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