Pro-Tip: Gang Test Lighting Test Rig

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Pro-Tip: Gang Test Lighting Test Rig

This is how I both gang test and single test lighting strands.

To make this rig:

  1. Purchase short set of 3v battery operated fairy lights, cut off the lights, You will need about 4-5 inches(15-20cm) of cable attached to the battery box.

  2. Remove insulation from the wire ends, twist separately

    each wire end to form a solid wire.

  3. Will need some time of connector block like shown, label one side red other side white-blue, what ever.

  4. Connect to the battery box.

  5. Your test rig is now ready for use.

I added a second connector end test feed for a testing one strand by carefully inserting the test strand wires into sockets. Your test rig does not need that second connector setup.

In the attached photo all four lantern lights are on via the test rig.

Hope this tip is useful and someone sees value in testing lights before they install them in their builds only to find out there is a broken connection at the actual tiny light.

Cheers to all the builders out there. Enjoy your builds

Four lights tested at once.HEIC
Four lights tested at once.HEIC4032×3024 4.08 MB

Easy to make test rig
Easy to make test rig3335×3024 3.09 MB

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Thanks for the tip! :blush::heart:

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Thank you for sharing tips

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@Joe-K there such great tips thank you for shareing …

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You are so clever in working out how to do this. Thanks heaps for sharing.

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Oh my gosh, this is exactly what I needed!! Thank you so much for sharing!

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Thanks for sharing very useful tips :slightly_smiling_face: … I really appreciate it

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Brilliant tip. Thank you for sharing.

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Sounds like a good tip, I’ll soon be fitting my very first light set so hopefully I can do something like this

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Wow, great advice! I’m terrible with cables, hahaha.

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I appreciate the tip! Thanks for sharing. :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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This is such a clever and useful setup! :heart_eyes: Being able to test several lights at once before installing them could save so much frustration later, especially with those tiny connections. Definitely a tip worth keeping for future builds! :heart:

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You always have such great advice! Thanks for sharing.