If the light doesn t light then the bulb was bad.
Christmas light bulb tester instructions.
Push in and release the large red button.
Instructions on use and care of the christmas light tester are included.
To use the light tester remove the battery cover and insert.
If you don t have any replacement bulbs you can leave the foil in until you do.
Test 100 incandescent light tester instructions plug the light tester into a standard 120 volt outlet and flip up the on off power switch.
If the lights come on you know that s the bad bulb.
One of 4 things should happen.
Pull out one bulb at a time and stick a piece of folded up foil into the bulb socket.
Carefully splice the cord down the middle so you have two separate pieces that are still attached to the plug.
Now plug the christmas light bulb into the tester and see if it lights.
Learn how to use your light keeper light tester to solve problematic lights.
Move halfway down the set and insert the probe again.
If the same neon bulb lights then the problem is in the second half of the set.
Plug the light set into the outlet located on the front of tester.
A hum tracer tester works by detecting the electromagnetic vibrations generated by household electrical current.
Adjust the spacing between the two prongs to be the width of one of the light sockets in the christmas lights.
Instead of going out and buying one of those fancy light testers that don t seem to work like they should try this to test your mini lights and see if they work and need to be replaced.
You start at the plug and follow the wires of the christmas lights into and out of each socket.
There s a way to test and fix the entire string of miniature lights without testing each bulb individually.
An led light on the unit stays lit when it detects a hum.
Remove a bulb from an unlit section plug the empty socket into the connector plug the string into an electric outlet then squeeze the trigger until the lights turn on.
One of the neon bulbs should light.
If they don t put the bulb back in and move on to the next one.
Lights should kick.
Plug in both the tester and the bulb set.
Over at wikihow i found this tutorial on how to make a mini christmas light bulb tester.