LED Keeper® - LED Holiday Light Set Repair Tool

Driving to my moms and I see a LED snowman sitting on the side of the road with a FREE sign hanging from it. Why not! Get it home thinking I could use my mini light keeper. Nope I needed this one. Since I had success with the mini light, I ordered this one. Took a bit of time to figure it out the process but using the pods, I was able to restore it and it look great! I ordered more pods in case the need ever arises. Highly recommend these repair tools.

It found 2 bad Bulbs in the icicle lights very quickly! I marked the bad section with the clips provided and narrowed down the problem. So much quicker than pulling about 36 bulbs one at a time! Thanks for a great product!

I had two outdoor reindeer that had partial LED light strands out. I monkeyed around with a voltage tester, voltameter and randomly swapping out lights to try and find the culprit for hours - to no avail. I bought this in hopes of salvaging the reindeer or not having to rerun new light strands. After 15 mins, I found the 3 dead bulbs and the reindeer are as good as new. Save yourself the trouble and just buy this tool. Specifically for pre-lit trees/decorations, the probes on a voltameter are almost impossible to insert and get lined up on both sides of the terminal with such little room, the voltage tester is too sensitive to get an accurate reading with the way they wrap the strands and you continually get false readings, and swaps are only good if you only have 1 bad light. If youre curious how it works, this tool injects very small probes in through the insulator and completes the circuit at a specific spot in the line, by-passing half of the strand. With process of elimination you will find your bad bulb/bulbs in no time.

This didn’t work for me on a large string of c6 LED bulbs as some bulbs flickered so faintly it was difficult to isolate. I imagine it would work better on small bulbs. Also I’m buying shorter strings going forward as it will be easier to fix.

You still have to check every light. Haven’t taken the time to figure out how

This is the ultimate spoiled American tool. Who else would need a specialized tool to fix Christmas lights? But there you have it, and I needed one of these after I bought what I thought were excellent quality outdoor Christmas lights on sale after the Big Day. I put them up, and within a few weeks they started to malfunction. This tool really does the job of isolating which light is not working. There were multiple lights malfunctioning on my light strings, and I was able to fix all of them through critical thinking and a little patience. If you are one of those arrogant people who want everything fixed for them by imported workers for next to nothing, this tool might not be for you. But if you are willing to take your time and learn how to use this tool, then its perfect. All my light strings work and are ready to go for next season. You need to center the metal point which will puncture the wire to make the electrical connection which is how the fault is diagnosed. Since Im not a Christmas/Holiday (i used this term so I dont enrage somebody) light manufacturing expert, it took me a little bit to get the swing of what was going on with the wiring, and to realize just how many of my lights had malfunctioned. So, as you can see, I am trapped in my house during this Covid 19 lock down, and have nothing better to do than to review past Amazon purchases. Next, I will give a scathing review of the toilet paper I purchased from China in March 2020, but it hasnt arrived yet as of 5-17-2020, so I will wait before I unleash my tongue and blame China for all of my problems, because blaming Obama just doesnt seem right at this point. :)

worked well in locating issues with LED light string

Wish I had bought this sooner. Its easy to use, instructions seem like they are lacking, but if you read them closely, it lays out exactly what to do. save myself from having to get new lights mid season this year by just repairing a couple led bulbs that were burnt out.

Sometime on Christmas Eve, one of our hanging garlands went 1/2 out. I decided to get the LED light fixer, knowing that we have all LED lights and the cost will be worth it. I followed the instructions in the package, each time seeing what lights illuminated. Eventually I was able to narrow it down to 1 bulb, which I then replaced with a new bulb and my garland was fully lit again! If any lights on my tree go dark, this will be the first thing I try. Id rather replace a lightbulb than my whole tree. Its worth the cost, but it might be something to grab on after Christmas clearance, if you can!

It used to be that if you had a string of Christmas lights, either they all lit up or none lit. Then a few gyrations later, there are sets that, at most, every other bulb would go out. Then we made the move to LED Christmas lights. Not even half way through the first season, small sections of the string - about 10 bulbs or so - would go out, but the rest of the string was fine. By the end of the season, all the LED sets had these burnt-out sections, some sets had more than one section out. Second season of LEDs, we bought all new light sets and, within a week of being on the house, those sets have the same small section problem. Needless to say, these LEDs are getting expensive fast and making me wonder if going back to the tried-and-true incandescent lights wouldnt be better. Fortunately, a friend mentioned this little light-fixing gadget to us, but the one he had was only for incandescent lights, not LEDs. My wife and I searched all the local stores and couldnt find it the LED one, but Amazon came to the rescue. Im not sure why we kept last years bad LED light sets, but we did and Im glad we did. Less than 10 minutes after opening this gizmo, all of last years bad sets are good as new! The directions for this LED Keeper are easy to follow and the device is simple to use - and a real money-saver. The way it works is you plug the light set into this battery-powered tool and then follow the directions to figure out which bulb (or bulbs) is (are) at fault. The problem is the cord isnt all that long, so you need an extension to test light sets that are already in place on the house. Nonetheless, its a great tool! If you use LED Christmas lights, do yourself a favor and pick up one of these. Youll be glad you did.