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  • Kevin G
    Senior Member
    • Apr 2000
    • 1100

    Why is it.......

    That out of four strings of three wire Christmas lights, on three of the strings, only half the lights of each string work? Does anyone else have this situation? Sure is puzzling.

    Kevin
    \"Of all the things I\'ve lost, I miss my mind the most.\"
  • Peter Malcolm
    Senior Member
    • Aug 2002
    • 18515

    #2
    Sounds normal to me [img]tongue.gif[/img]
    Wooden boats are like shingles, recurring, and often painful.

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    • McB
      Senior Member
      • Jan 2004
      • 163

      #3
      The enginering is easy, its keeping things straight at the factory, so that each set of lights have just enough but not to many bad connections. They have perfected it over the years. But it was not always that way. No, they used to actually let a few good sets out.

      [ 12-12-2004, 06:28 PM: Message edited by: McB ]

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      • TGP
        Senior Member
        • Nov 2004
        • 209

        #4
        Ah yes. The annual stringing up of the lights. I did it today.

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        • Domesticated_Mr. Know It All
          treetop flyer
          • Sep 2003
          • 23853

          #5
          The freakin things are dirt cheap so I just buy new ones every year.
          Who needs that frustration?
          Keep calm, persistence beats resistance.

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          • Ken Hutchins
            Senior Member #6368
            • Jan 2003
            • 3850

            #6
            Yup, ya got a bad bulb(s) check a few spare bulbs, then start replacing 1 at a time and checking the ones removed before reusing it. How do I know this? I just spent an hour doing it.
            TALLY HO
            Ken

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            • Kevin G
              Senior Member
              • Apr 2000
              • 1100

              #7
              Three wound up in the dump
              \"Of all the things I\'ve lost, I miss my mind the most.\"

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              • cs
                Elite Invisible Member
                • Feb 2001
                • 19012

                #8
                Most of the lights I have will be broken down in half. Each half will have a control bulb to control its half of the lights. If that bulb burns out or needs replacing it will turn the lights off for that whole section. Thus if half the lights are out, go the the first bulb in that section and replace it and the lights should work.

                Chad
                There are three ways to do things: The right way, the wrong way and my way.

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