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Sun's out today. Went on a 40min drive with the girls which is all the energy I had, and we listened to mostly classic rock.
Last weekend I spent several hours working on the lights for 2 fake Christmas trees and got both 100% working. I think I paid 40 bucks for both, so my time wasn't worth it, except I like competently completing a project. Probably have the best looking house in the neighborhood now.
My experience is that troubleshooting incandescent lights is easier, but they consume 6x more power. LED strings are the devil to diagnose. Usually the metal leads rust away, so even if you find a bad bulb, and happen to be able to replace the LED, the others are not far behind in needing replacement. I bet if they had dipped each LED in dielectric grease, the string would last 80 years. That would add 10% to the cost though, so just throw them away.
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