<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449374834839_2580"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449374834839_2579">If the string worked last year and has a flasher bulb, give the flasher a thump with your finger. They are notorious for sticking open. This only applies to the older incandesces type of Christmas lights.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449374834839_2599"><br></div><div>Max<br> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449374834839_2560" style="font-family: Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449374834839_2559" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449374834839_2558" dir="ltr"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449374834839_2557"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449374834839_2600" face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Robert Bruninga via aprssig <aprssig@tapr.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> TAPR APRS Mailing List <aprssig@tapr.org> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Bob Bruninga <wb4apr@amsat.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, December 5, 2015 7:19 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [aprssig] Electric Field Sensor (XMAS lights)?<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449374834839_2609"><br><div id="yiv3648048209"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449374834839_2608" dir="ltr"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449374834839_2607"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449374834839_2606"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449374834839_2605"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449374834839_2604"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449374834839_2603"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449374834839_2602"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449374834839_2601"><div>Sorry for the off topic.<br><br></div>Will one of these cigar sized (yellow) electric field sensors be any use in finding the bad bulb in a series XMAS light string?<br><br></div>It beeps in the presence of an electric field and detects AC about 6 inches <a href="http://away.th/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">away.th</a> this?<br></div><br></div>I can find no difference all along the string. But then this is a 3 wire string with a receptacle on the end so there is AC end to end, even though there is a series bulb out.<br><br></div>Maybe this technique will work on a 2 wire loop string and not a 3 wire?<br><br></div>I'm happy to cut off the end plug and pull out the 3rd wire if someone claims it will work on a 2 wire string.<br><br></div>Sorry for the off topic post, but I'm probably not the first one with this dumb question at this time of year.<br><br></div><div>Bob<br></div><div><br></div>B<br></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>aprssig mailing list<br><a href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org" ymailto="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org">aprssig@tapr.org</a><br><a href="http://www.tapr.org/mailman/listinfo/aprssig" target="_blank">http://www.tapr.org/mailman/listinfo/aprssig</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div></div></body></html>