iFixit

Are your strings of lights not working? Check out our step-by-step guide to get them up and running so they don’t end up in a landfill.

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Fixing+Broken+Christmas+Lights/34208
—
#iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld

Dec 18 at 3:05pmWeb
Show threadRobDec 18
@iFixit oar wirenuts... ffs.
Show threadJacobRPG❌👑Dec 18
@iFixit your alt texts are assigned to the wrong pictures.
Show threadBen S.Dec 18
@jaykass @iFixit came here to say this also.
Show thread「 Jürgen 」Dec 18
@iFixit Why not just using a new bulb? Just shorting one decreases the lifetime of all the others.
Show threadDeltaWyeDec 19
@juergen @iFixit This should not be understated. It will cause more current through the remaining bulbs, those will burn out, until the main fuse in the plug itself fails.
Show threadhisoldDec 18
@iFixit Why are you putting the wires into pen caps? This may be fine under American stone age electrical code but please don't do this anywhere else in the world. This is bad advice.
Show threadAshesDec 19
@hisold @iFixit is that a different term for wire nuts?
Show threadLord Caramac the Clueless, KSCDec 18
@iFixit Mine are all LED
Show threadProto Himbo DerpopeanDec 19
@LordCaramac @iFixit I have a bunch of older strings of incandescents and don't really want to use them much. Hm.
Show threadPaco (2026: New) HopeDec 19
@iFixit It’s not that I don’t know how, it’s that I can’t freaking get the bulbs out of the %!?%! sockets. I have spent ages on it sometimes and it’s just hard. I don’t want to throw away stuff and make it waste. But Sunday afternoons during the holiday season are valuable!