LED Christmas Lights - A section "burnt out" ?

[THE SCUD]

O hai CP braintrust,

So after the windstorm last weekend, I noticed that a section of LED lights are 'burnt out'. It's about 10-15 in a string of ohh, 80?

They are all together in a row- Is this something I can fix? I assume it's some break in a transistor or something, Or if one bulb goes out a certain number after do?

It makes no sense because the 'burnt out' section are in the middle of the string!

Any thoughts? I'd just as soon replacement, but they were hung professionally and I shudder at getting up there and stripping them down and re-hanging then in December weather, but the wife will have me sleeping out there if the house doesn't look good.


Thanks guys'n'gals!

[You Need a Thneed]

Try wiggling the wire a bit at each end. Had a similar section in one of my strings, and after a bit of wiggling, it came on.

[prarieboy]

We have a couple of strings that don't work in the middle. They just stopped working. Funny thing is when the temperature dips to -25 or so they start working again.

[THE SCUD]

Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

Try wiggling the wire a bit at each end. Had a similar section in one of my strings, and after a bit of wiggling, it came on.

You wiggle it at the end where the lights stop working, or the physical end of the stirng? my burnt out ones are-mid string.

[the-rasta-masta]

If one light burns out on those strings, an entire section goes dark. You'll have to get a replacement bulb and just troubleshoot until you find which one has burnt out.

[Boblobla]

Originally Posted by the-rasta-masta

If one light burns out on those strings, an entire section goes dark. You'll have to get a replacement bulb and just troubleshoot until you find which one has burnt out.

This is only true if the lights are hooked up in series. Most are hooked up in parallel now.

[THE SCUD]

So what would cause like 10 of a 80-100 count chain to go dark? I didn't even know the LED bulbs were replacemable, I don't see any on Cdn Tire's site?

I guess I will get up there this weekend and wiggle the wires and see what's up!