Don’t Panic: Dealing with a Dead Bulb in Your Artificial Christmas Tree
Let me guess, your artificial Christmas tree has a dead bulb?
Or has all the lights on the tree gone out?
Well, there is a good chance the bulb has fallen out of its socket. Inspect the string of lights for broken bulbs and replace them with the replacement bulbs you got with your purchase.
When you immediately replace burned bulbs, the strings will last longer, because the current through them remains constant.
Less bulbs in the string will result in hotter and shorter-lived bulbs.
Check the strings of lights for faulty bulbs before storing and replace them as soon as possible.
Can you tell which one is toast when they’re unlit?
Keeping an eye out for burnt out bulbs or bulbs that have lost filament is a good way to identify which bulb on your string of traditional Christmas lights is defective.
It is not uncommon for the bulb to be “smoked”. Upon closer inspection, the bulb will appear black. In most cases, unless a smaller wire that resembles a hair near the bulb’s base is still faulty, the rest of the lights will remain on if only one bulb burns out. (The wire keeps the string of lights on even if one bulb burns out because it continues to conduct electricity.)
Connect the set to the same outlet once again after attaching the darkened bulb. If the light string is still not lighting, then the wiring harness may be malfunctioning. When that happens, cease to use the string and buy a new one.
Getting your tree and lights ready early would save you from the stress of having to replace the entire string. So don’t waste any more time. Check your artificial Christmas tree for bulbs and sort them.