These types of lights are known as series connected. The same current flows through all of the bulbs in the circuit. If one of the bulb filaments burns open then all of the lamps will go out.
A defective brake light switch could cause the problem. Also a defective turn signal switch could also. The brake lights work through the turn signals. It cancels the brake light so that the turn signal can work.
The load on a string of Christmas lights is typically located in the bulb itself. Each bulb is designed to produce light and consumes power when electricity passes through it. The collective load of all the bulbs on the string determines the amount of power required to illuminate the lights.
These are old generation lights. They are connected in series with each other. This means if one of the filaments in any one of the bulbs opens the circuit current flow stops. For example if each bulb is rated at 2 volts each then a string of 60 bulbs can be on a 120 volt circuit. lamps connected in series, because each bulbs filament resistance is the same, will will drop a voltage across each bulb by the total number of bulbs in the string divided into the supply source voltage. 120 volts / 60 bulbs = 2 volts per bulb.Newer sets of lights have a have a spring mounted in each lamp. When any lamp filament opens a spring is released and shorts out the two wires where the filament was. This allows the string of lights to remain operable. This has a drawback in that as more lights burn out the voltage becomes higher across the other bulbs. Eventually the bulbs will start burning out faster and faster as the voltage across each bulb becomes higher and higher. Use the equation above to see this fact.Christmas string lights today use LED bulbs which last many times longer than an incandescent bulb in the string set.
Bad bulbs Bad dimmer switch
All track lighting models can use CFL bulbs. The important thing is that you get the correct CFL bulb as you must get the CFL bulbs that are designed for base up use like you find in track lights, pendant lights and recessed lighting. If the track lights are dimmable you also want to be sure to get a dimmable CFL bulb.
Burnt out bulbs? Defective dimmer switch?
Its because it is in a parallel circuit and the dead bulb stops the power from continuing on to the other bulbs on the circuit.
The C7 range of christmas lights are 5 Watt bulbs which are 2.125 inches tall and 0.875 inches wide. The C9 range of christmas lights are 6 watt bulbs which are 2.875 inches tall and 1.125inches wide.
Defective back up switch.
Using christmas lights for halloween is somewhat confusing to me. What comes to mind is maybe placing all orange bulbs in a strand of christmas lights to make them halloween lights.
If the parking/tailight fuse is good - then it may be a bad headlight switch No tail lights but the bulbs are working? Please explain.
Christmas bulbs usually last for a very long time. Especially LED bulbs. The LED bulbs usually last around 75,000 hours. But conventional Christmas lights will only last 1,000 to 2,000 hours.
It could be as simple as bulbs burned out or your switch could be defective.
Brake light switch on the brake pedal is defective
you could have possibly bought the wrong bulbs and/or fuses. or when you were replacing them you may have damaged the wires. Also the reverse light switch may be defective.
It can be blown fuse, defective turn signal Flasher Relay, or blown bulbs. In rare instances it can be a defective turn signal switch.
fairy lights aremade out of many small lights. the lights are like the lights you put on a Christmas tree, but smaller. they are filled with gasses used in go green light bulbs.