Patent ID: 9417291
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: G01R,H05B

Claim Text:
1. A test kit comprising: a power source, a battery cap, a first and second wire lead, a first and second terminal and a set of terminal caps, the test kit allowing a user to test and identify non-functional light bulbs in a lighting assembly strand wherein, the first and second terminals are electrically attached to a single wire of a lighting assembly strand that is set up electrically in series, wherein the power source is connected to the battery cap that lead to the first and second wire leads, the first and second wire leads further lead to an electrical connection to the first and second terminals that form primary contacts between the lighting assembly strand and the power source, wherein the first and second terminals are electrically attached to the single wire of the lighting assembly strand by the terminal caps which contain a nail bed comprised of miniature wire piercing conductive elements that have sharpened ends that are compressed onto the single wire by depressing the terminal caps for wire piercing through a non-conductive protective outer layer of the single wire, and wherein all the nails in the nail bed are in continuous electrical contact with one another, the first and second terminals attached on opposite sides of a light bulb or plurality of light bulbs to be tested to create a closed circuit to allow the user to identify a position of a non-functioning light bulb that requires replacement in the lighting assembly strand being tested.