Is there an electrician in the house? Changing fuses in a string of lights.

[Baitball Blogger]

I replaced a fuse and it wouldn't seat right. I decided to remove it and the top metal piece came off and fell back into the plug. It's impossible to remove. I can hear it when I shake the plug. I put in another fuse into the plug, but decided to double check to see if it's worth the risk to use the string of lights Is it safe?

Anyone with electrical experience that has an answer?

[Phoenix61]

1. I'm not an electrician but have done some

standard household electrical stuff. Personally, as inexpensive as lights are, I wouldn't risk it. Barring a bad outcome just the annoyance of the string going out after I had strung it wherever I was going to use it would make me just toss them.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

2. If its a plug like the one in the video you may get the piece out with tweezers or a small magnet!

[Baitball Blogger]

3. One of the metal caps slipped off and fell back into the plug.

You can't see it because it is INSIDE the plug. So, if I use the string of lights, will that loose metal cap create a potential risk?

[Floyd R. Turbo]

4. As with an earlier post, I wouldnt risk it!

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Okay. I think you're all correct.

Thank you.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

6. NP

[snooper2]

7. Just cut some copper wire and fold it in there so it touches both ends

Fuse Delete Feature

[Baitball Blogger]

8. Not funny.

[jmowreader]

9. Lights are cheap. Houses are expensive.

And you want a new string of fancy LED twinkly lights anyway.