12-11-2007, 10:03 PM
I have three identical strands of white pearl (little globes) lights for our tree. One strand isn't working and I can't find a burned out bulb because the globes are frosted. So I get my voltage detector figuring I can find where the current stops and that will be the burned out one. No such luck-it's reading current to the end.
I figure then to tediously pull each one out and put in a bulb that works until I find it. I get a bulb from the working strand (to use in the non-worker) which of course goes dark and I replace it with a bulb from the non-working strand. Surprise! The rest of the strand lights back up but the bulb I put in doesn't. OK, I grab another bulb from the non-working strand and it does the same thing. Try a third-yep! it also stays dark while the rest of the strand lights up.
I am no electrician but doesn't this seem weird? What's the explanation?
No, I haven't checked the fuses on the non-worker yet as they are ridiculously small and crammed in but if I have current to the end it wouldn't be the fuses, right?
I figure then to tediously pull each one out and put in a bulb that works until I find it. I get a bulb from the working strand (to use in the non-worker) which of course goes dark and I replace it with a bulb from the non-working strand. Surprise! The rest of the strand lights back up but the bulb I put in doesn't. OK, I grab another bulb from the non-working strand and it does the same thing. Try a third-yep! it also stays dark while the rest of the strand lights up.
I am no electrician but doesn't this seem weird? What's the explanation?
No, I haven't checked the fuses on the non-worker yet as they are ridiculously small and crammed in but if I have current to the end it wouldn't be the fuses, right?