More than likely one of your mini light bulbs has popped out of it s socket modern mini lights are manufactured with a shunt wire that keeps the circuit intact if a bulb burns out.
C9 christmas lights not working.
In other words if a bulb burns out the filament is blown the rest of the lights stay lit.
By the third week half of them did not work.
The christmas light tester will indicate which bulbs are bad and need to be replaced.
You re not crazy those lights did work last year.
It combines a voltage detector bulb.
Christmas lights often burn out the moment you unplug them so the problem often goes unnoticed.
Second test the christmas light bulbs with an inexpensive tester available where holiday lights are sold and online usually changing a problem bulb or tightening it will fix the entire strand.
I bought noma led large string lights for my house and i turn my christmas lights on the first of dec 1st.
I have tried to buy replacement bulbs but i can not find them on an shelves where i bought them.
Some christmas light testers work by having you slide each christmas light bulb through a hole.
There are several ways to repair your lights depending on the problem and how hands on you re willing to get.