Old Christmas Tree Lights(tm) is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to. Reuse or republication without prior written permission is specifically Note: OldChristmasTreeLights? and Famil圜hristmasOnline? are trademarks of Breakthrough Communications? (The original subject matter content and illustrations on the ? product description pages are Copyright (c) 2001, 2008 by Bill and George Nelson.Īll updated HTML code, editorial comments, and reformatted illustrations on this web site are Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2013, 1014 by Paul D. HERE FOR THE TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE AND LINKS TO ALL PAGES ON THIS SITE I measure the current in the light string half that was not faulty and it was 9mA. If this is your problem, carefully replace the bulb after first unplugging the string of lights. You may find that the bulb has a black or silver-looking stain on the inside. As I mentioned earlier the removal of a light will increase the current and LEDs do not like high current. Step 1 Check the entire strand of lights for a missing, damaged, or abnormal looking bulb, according to the Christmas Light Company website. Retailers of the time would not sell non-approved outfits. With the faulty LED light removed the light string half that did not work is now working minus 1 light. Testing standards, and the outfits were therefore not UL approved. Thin wiring used in these sets did not meet Underwriter's Laboratory ![]() Additionally, the hard wired lamps and extremely Was apparent that a way would have to be found to correct this seriousĭesign deficiency. Lamps due to the steadily increasing voltage they were receiving. More than that began to fail it would hasten the death of the remaining While the failure of one or two lamps was not a problem, when String! Each tiny lamp was hand made, and then hard wired into the The set pictured here is of Japanese manufacture, and a look at theĬlose-up picture will show that the lamps were NOT replaceable in the ![]() Offered in strings of 35 lamps, and contained shunt devices so that theįailure of a lamp or two would not cause the entire string to go dark. The tiny lamps, which drew little current, were Of the solution to many of the problems that had frustrated Yuletideĭecorators for years. Other companies, the miniature light sets like these were the beginning
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