LED Keeper LED Light Set Repair Tool

I liked that the product did exactly what it was supposed to do. In the past I would have thrown out many strings of LED Christmas lights. I was able to fix every string and therefore saved a lot of money.

II have used this company incandescent light string repair tool in the past with mixed results and to put it mildly I was very skeptical if this would work. My first repair was to a 70 LED/24 foot outside string that was wrapped on a tree but in 10 minutes it was fixed. I was very lucky on this string as LED's that out were close to the plug on this mounted string. The second set fixed was an unmounted 92 LED/32 foot string and took less than two minutes to repair. With the written instructions and online video you cannot go wrong. The lessons I learned are: -Unmounted lights are easier to repair. The tester comes attached to a 3 foot cord limiting the length the tester can be used. This is only a minor issue and limited to installed lights. It easily found the one broken LED on the 32 foot unmounted string. -Be sure the wire is correctly positioned in the tester before pulling the trigger. It is very easy to incorrectly position/select the wire causing you to repeat the procedure. Although this was identified by another reviewer I still managed to do it. -After correctly positioning the tester on the wire and pulling the trigger you have to allow enough time for the LED's to light on longer strings. -Strings with multiple failures take some extra thought, time and require a little more effort. Initially you will get inconsistent results but if you decrease the number of LED's tested and just work from one end of the string it works. . Bottom line this tester is easy to use, does its job and I would buy it again. I do share the same concerns with reviewer MBR as to fixing or replacing multiple failure strings. My multiple string LED failures were only one year old am questioning the quality of these strings. The common issues for the failures were almost 90 % involving the copper wires where it was bent to be inserted into the LED holder. Note: The write up said it came with 3 1.5-volt batteries are included, In reality it has a 9 volt battery

I did not use the front wire piercing way of testing my outside string of LED lights; I opted to remove all 50 to test each individual one to find the defective one. The enclosed 9 volt DC battery has a testing spot near the base, and helped me to diagnose the defective one without compromise of the wire insulation. Eventhough it is a 120 volt string, the bulbs are DC powered. A long overdue testing device, a good investment.

So this tool helped me repair 3 long LED sets that were completely out. It would have cost me about $75 to replace the sets so I decided to try this tool instead. With it, I was able to find and replace many bad LEDs in the sets so that they worked again. It took me about an hour per set. In the end, I ended up replacing 15 bulbs total. Here's the BIG BUT if you're thinking of buying this. Do you have plenty of LEDs lying around to replace the bad ones? This does not include replacement bulbs. Remember that LEDs are NOT universal. Every set seems to use a different shaped base on its bulbs. I used an x-acto Knife to reshape the bases of the LEDs I had lying around to fit in different sets. On 2 of my other sets, I gave up because the bases were badly corroded. This kit includes 2 replacements for corroded bases so after that what are you going to do? Also, in my case, even though I got the sets working, what happens when they fail again? I'm out of bulbs and once they are on the house, I'm not taking them back down to troubleshoot in the winter. The bulbs are all the same age so it stands to reason that there will be plenty more failing soon. After this season, I will be buying new sets on clearance. So the decision is yours. How old are your sets? Do you have the patience to troubleshoot? Do you have lots of spare bulbs? Are you sure it's just a bulb issue and not corroded sockets? The tool works. Start halfway up the set and work your way down the line. It lights up what works and easily tests individual bulbs once you remove them. It comes with a 9V battery installed and ready to go. If you have lots of bulbs out, test one at a time using the tool crimping the wire until you start finding bad ones (start at the end closest to the plug. Good luck!

the bulb tester is really handy