Last week the family decided to surprise me by getting the holiday decorating kicked off. So in addition to setting out cheery Christmas decorations inside, my daughter strung miniature Christmas lights around the deck. This is something we have been doing together for years now and has become one of our traditions.
Normally I check the lights before putting them up. But since I wasn’t there to help, this step got skipped. Unfortunately, of six strings, only about half of three of them were working. She was pretty disappointed.
For the last couple of years, I’ve given up on trying to fix light strings. They’re pretty inexpensive, so when they don’t work, I toss and replace them. Given that I didn’t really want to take all the lights down, I bought a LightKeeper Pro based on a recommendation from a co- worker.
I was pretty skeptical, but I found one on Amazon marketplace and ordered it on Saturday. It arrived Monday (great delivery time) and I tried it out. You just plug the light string into the tool and pull the trigger a few times. Darned if it didn’t fix three quarters of the lights on the first shot!
I did have to replace two strings that had some kind of a short in them. In addition to the quick fix feature, the LightKeeper tool has a bulb and fuse tester and a voltage continuity tester. It really worked great. I’m not big on gimmicky tools, but I can highly recommend this one. Check out http://lightkeeperpro.com.
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