How to repair a garland yourself: tips and tricks

New Years is soon! You put the Christmas tree and decided to dress it up ... Pull out the forgotten box with New Year's toys and hang an electric garland on the fluffy branches. And suddenly, what a misfortune, you notice that it does not work. On the garland one lamp burned out, while others continue to glow or, conversely, do not burn everything. I wonder why? How to be in this case? What to do? Go to the store for a new garland? The option is the simplest, but not always feasible. Do not rush to throw out the old one, as, it is likely, it can be repaired. How to repair a Christmas tree? Fortunately, they all have a typical circuit and are simple in the device. Next, we will tell you how to repair a Christmas tree garland, if the light bulb is burnt out, the contact wires come off or the mode does not work.

What should be considered?

The main thing is to know in what order all the light bulbs are connected in a garland. How here to find a problem place? In order to find faults in the circuit, you can use an indicator screwdriver. If you do not have one light, it means that in this case a parallel connection is used in the garland circuit. Fixing the problem is not difficult, just replace the light bulb.

Chinese garland

And how to repair the Chinese garland? It differs in that it is non-separable, disposable and has non-removable light bulbs. There is a chain of garlands of four colors, flashing alternately. If one color does not work, what should I do? In all probability, one section of light bulbs in the circuit has burnt out. As a rule, it is not collapsible and the chain of light bulbs is parallel. If one light is not on, do the following: connect the wires around its contacts. Then the current will go around the light bulb without touching it. And your garland will be saved.

LED garland

The design of the LED garland is such that, as a rule, the program burns, and the diodes themselves remain. And throw it away ... How to repair a garland LED? If the lamps do not shine, then you should inspect everything where there may be a breakdown. Check the integrity of the cord. Or maybe the contact on the chip has disappeared or the chip itself has burnt out. If this is a Chinese garland, then the easiest way is not to bother and buy a new one. But if you still want to try your hand at fixing the product yourself, we will tell you how to repair the garland. To begin with, let's check the LEDs. Then we carefully examine how the elements with the anodes are connected together. Next, you need to remake the circuit and connect the LEDs to the cathodes. And instead of the control unit, use a starter from the fluorescent lamp. Here's how to repair the garland yourself. If resistors are heated during operation, then drill a hole on the housing for ventilation.

The Soviet garland

Consider the old Soviet products, which regularly serve more than one generation. They certainly just throw out a pity. How to repair a garland of this kind? It is not too difficult to do this. Using a tester, you need to measure the resistance of each lamp and thus find a burned out one. Or alternatively you can try to turn the lamp in by turns. And since the lamps in the Soviet garlands are screwed, then it is not difficult to determine which of them does not work. You can apply another method, if there is still no source of breakage. It is necessary to check the wire for continuity. You will see there are five soldered wires there. If any of them come off, you just need to solder it back.

How to repair a garland: a few more tips

If you have a broken light bulb on a garland, it's faster and easier to change them yourself. But first, pull the cord out of the socket. To prevent electric shock, replacement of lamps is required only with power off.

When repairing a garland, if you do not have the right lamp at hand, you need to cut off the malfunctioning microlamp. And connect the wires manually or with special connectors. Do not forget to isolate the ends of the contacts!

We present possible reasons for the malfunction of the Christmas tree garland:

• It is necessary to check the plug, perhaps the wires have been frayed;
• The connection of the contact with the lamp holder was interrupted;
• It is possible that the cause is in a burned-out light bulb;
• It is very likely that the fuse blows out or the garland circuit itself is malfunctioning;
• The problem can also be in the controller, if the lamps on the garland do not blink and the switching modes do not work;
• Also wanted to draw your attention to the fact that if the LED burns in a garland, the whole section stops working. Therefore, when soldering the desired LED, strictly observe the polarity.

That's all I wanted to tell you about how to repair a garland, if one lamp suddenly ceases to burn or everything, how to proceed, if the board wipes out. Now you know how to fix it yourself, and what you need to do for it.