The static electricity generated by your hair should set off the voltage detector.

If the voltage detector does not respond, make sure the voltage detector is on and the replace the batteries if necessary.

Be sure the power is on and the lights are plugged in securely before testing.

Sometimes a couple of bulbs or the entire light string doesnt light up when you plug the cord into a power outlet.

When this happens, use a non-contact voltage detector to determine exactly which light bulb is faulty.

Sit on the floor near the outlet, so that you can easily access the lights from the outlet to the end of the string.

You do not have to touch the light bulb for the voltage detector to work.

If the voltage detector lights up, an electrical current is present at that location and the bulb is good.

If the voltage detector does not light up, that indicates a bad bulb.

If the lights do not work test all of the bulbs and replace any bad ones.

If this does not solve the problem, there may be a fault in the wiring of the light string.

She worked as writerco-editor for Coast to Coast Dachshund Rescues newsletter, The Long and the Short of It.

Watson-Price holds a Bachelor of Arts in creative writing from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville.

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