some lights are out on my prewired xmas tree will this help me find the problem??
1309518
I gave up in frustration after a lot of trying, went out and bought new lights.
1309519
It's supposed to, but for some reason didn't help with our one string of lights. We may justhave a malfunctioning string.
1309520
I am sorry but I cannot answer your question since I do not have a prewired Christmas tree, however, I checked with my son-in-law who has a prewired tree. He said it will work as long as the tree has incandescent bulbs. It will not work on a tree that has LEDs.
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Yes it will fix the problem but will not identify which lamp it is. And guess what? The same lamp or another will fail soon again. It works by sending a pezio-electric pulse through the light sting forcing the culprit bulb to make connection and allow the string to work. It is worth the price and I would recommend trying it.
1309522
We did not find that it worked well on our prewired Christmas tree-it does work great on strings of lights!
1309523
I had the same issue with a pre-wired tree one segment of lights were out. It has step by step directions that walk you through it. It worked great for me and helped me find the issue in about 5 minutes.
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I would think this will work the same on a prewired tree as it does on a string. Between the trigger repair and the continuity tester, may both be require to find the dead light, I have had 100% positive results on the string lights I have had to repair and highly recommend this product.
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I had the same problem with one of the exterior lights it was controling. Seems like a tiny amount of 'current' was still running through it, even when off.I changed the incandescent bulb to a compact florescent bulb. Now it seems better.
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Mine didnt fix the lights on my prelit tree so I have mot had success using it even though it had power.
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the lights our connected from end to end some what like rope lights. I used them outside during Christmas in one of my trees and had ten strands all hooked together. Just be aware that the more lights you connect to one strand, the brightness tends to dim towards the end of the strands if a lot our hooked up. Also beware if you have them outside and it gets cold out the wires are thin and brittle. I ended up loosing two strands form below 0 temperatures this winter so I will have to rethink where I put them up next year..
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Sounds like internal wiring issue inside the lamp itself. Make sure your connection has good ground. I'd try powering the lights with a separate pwr source, if they still don't work return for warranty.
2201801
I have not had that issue yet. But did you try taking one of the lights to Home Depot?
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The lights have a built in resistor, this can go bad giving you the exact symptoms you've described. I had the same issue.
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Mine worked right away. I used this light for a church Christmas program and it was perfect. Am thinking your light is defective.
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The wires inside the base were not properly grounded and were touching the metal. The problem occurs when the light is twisted into place. I re-grounded the wire and capped it off. Its worked perfectly since.
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hi tom thanks very much for your answer i was having trouble trying to find a fault in a lighting circuit but i found the problem and it is ok now thanks vince
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The only suggestion that I can make is to trace all the wires and make sure that all the connections are tight. If the battery is fully charged it can only be a loose wire someplace or a defective switch.
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Try using a multimeter to verify the power... if that is not an option look at the wiring in the light you removed/are replacing. Check the 12v breaker box and see if you can determine the the color pattern used for wiring.
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I have a few trees within range of the light and, to date, they have not triggered the light.
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Check the bulbs. Possibly you have an electrical issue that needs to be looked at
1099805
The lights are on an oval handle type thing at the top. You need to make sure and push it down all the way.
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Yes, in fact I am using it on my Christmas tree instead of a timer. Since my tree has all white lights, I have my controller set to turn the module on with a softer illumination. It looks so much nicer.
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There are three lights, two orange, center and right, the far left one is red. If the circuit is fine and grounded you will get two orange lights. If its un grounded you get the center orange light, if its reversed polarity which means the black and white wires are reversed you get a red and center yellow light. There are a couple of other scenarios which are open hot and open neutral. Not sure any of these would require you to call an electrician. Any handy man that has basic electrical knowledge can correct the problem. I'm a home inspector and have literally checked thousands and thousands of plugs and I typically find open grounds and reversed polarity quite often and that's about it. Neither of those situations are life and death and are a simple fix assuming your house is a grounded system which if it was built in the 50's on back it may not be or may only partly be.