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Electrical Baws — Rewiring Christmas lights
Posted on 12/11/21 at 10:29 am
Posted on 12/11/21 at 10:29 am
Strings are up on the tree, and one of the plugs shorted. I’ve isolated the problem as the male plug on a single string. Plan to cut it off and wire in a plug from another string.
How is this going to burn my house down, and how can I avoid that outcome?
The plan is to strip the wires, twist them together with quick connects, then electrical tape the shite out of it. Tips?
How is this going to burn my house down, and how can I avoid that outcome?
The plan is to strip the wires, twist them together with quick connects, then electrical tape the shite out of it. Tips?
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Posted on 12/11/21 at 10:30 am to JudgeHolden
Sounds fool proof to me
Posted on 12/11/21 at 10:31 am to JudgeHolden
Bunch of engineers on here that’ll tell you how to build and rewire your entire house, even if you don’t ask them. If it doesn’t work, it’s because there’s something wrong with the lights you bought.
This post was edited on 12/11/21 at 10:32 am
Posted on 12/11/21 at 10:32 am to JudgeHolden
If only you could simply restring a new set of lights. I have no idea what you should do. You f’n moron.
Posted on 12/11/21 at 10:33 am to JudgeHolden
Home Depot sells plug ends. They open and have terminals for the wires.
Posted on 12/11/21 at 10:35 am to JudgeHolden
Is this a good idea?
You be the judge.
You be the judge.
Posted on 12/11/21 at 11:02 am to JudgeHolden
Lights should be going on sale right about now. If you don’t want to burn your house down, throw that shite away and spend $8 to buy another string.
Posted on 12/11/21 at 11:07 am to JudgeHolden
if its just 2 wires you have a 50/50 shot the first go. if that doesnt work the first time switch them around. weather proof the splice with tight electric tape or liquid electric tape , or even shrink wrap tubing. get the right splice connectors and dont just twist them shits like some crack head.
Posted on 12/11/21 at 11:13 am to DingleBarry
quote:
if its just 2 wires you have a 50/50 shot the first go. if that doesnt work the first time switch them around
Doesn't matter with Christmas lights. There's no dedicated hot or neutral. That's why you can plug the ends, unplug, then rotate 180 and still plug back together.
Posted on 12/11/21 at 11:16 am to JudgeHolden
quote:
The plan is to strip the wires, twist them together with quick connects, then electrical tape the shite out of it. Tips?
Just buy a male plug from a hardware store, if you don’t want to take the lights down and swap out the string. Cutting a plug off of another string means you’ll have two fricked up strings.
Out of curiosity, how do you know it’s shorted? Did it visibly arc/smoke, trip the breaker, or what?
Posted on 12/11/21 at 11:22 am to lostinbr
quote:
Out of curiosity, how do you know it’s shorted? Did it visibly arc/smoke, trip the breaker, or what?
I used that as a kind of shorthand.
As you push the plug in, there is a brief moment when the lights come on. Then as you push it all the way in, there’s a faint clicking noise (like an arc) and lights go out.
It’s readily repeatable, so it’s not a breaker.
Posted on 12/11/21 at 11:29 am to JudgeHolden
One end of the plugs
Has fuses
Dey be blown
Has fuses
Dey be blown
Posted on 12/11/21 at 11:37 am to JudgeHolden
quote:
one of the plugs shorted
How did the plug short?
Posted on 12/11/21 at 12:34 pm to JudgeHolden
Change the fuse inside the plug.
Posted on 12/11/21 at 12:39 pm to JudgeHolden
quote:
Plan to cut it off and wire in a plug from another string.
jesus man just spend $8 and get a new set of lights
strip the old set to use as replacement bulbs
Posted on 12/11/21 at 12:39 pm to JudgeHolden
Careful OP-
In 2021, one of the wires may not identify as what you might assume to be the appropriate polarity.
There is nothing you can now do about it, you must accept it’s right to do so and give it a day off every year to celebrate it’s diversity and memorialize the historic struggle of wires that had a manufacturing polarity forced upon them without the option to choose.
In 2021, one of the wires may not identify as what you might assume to be the appropriate polarity.
There is nothing you can now do about it, you must accept it’s right to do so and give it a day off every year to celebrate it’s diversity and memorialize the historic struggle of wires that had a manufacturing polarity forced upon them without the option to choose.
Posted on 12/11/21 at 12:40 pm to JudgeHolden
quote:what was end result? all lights out or just the ones down wire?
Strings are up on the tree, and one of the plugs shorted.
Posted on 12/11/21 at 12:41 pm to DingleBarry
quote:
if its just 2 wires you have a 50/50 shot the first go.
nope, indoor lights have 3 wires that criss cross over each other every so often
i once tried figuring itt out but its very confusing to trace it out
Posted on 12/11/21 at 12:46 pm to JudgeHolden
Take all the garbage down and buy all new.
Posted on 12/11/21 at 1:30 pm to JudgeHolden
that you clark?
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