Yesterday was the first nice snowfall since the display went up (had one prior to setup, was panicing that I might have to shovel off the grass to setup). Noticed an issue on the mega-tree that night. Upon inspection this afternoon – 99 lights (2 strips) were out. Appears I have been terrorized by a squirrel. Wire chewed clean off right after the first bulb taking out the next 99 in the string. No chance of splicing right after that first bulb either. Grr. Why couldn’t it have gone one strip left or right? Then it would have only taken out one bulb that 99.9% of the visitors wouldn’t even notice. *sigh*
Still debating if I attempt replacing the string or not this year…