I bought 2 strands of fairy lights that are battery operated. I put batteries in and they worked fine. They came on for 6 hrs and off for 18 hrs or something like that. I did turn them on ahead of the time originally "set" and since then they will only stay lit for 1 minute or so. I'm confused...what am I doing wrong? I would like them to stay lit for more than 1 minute! The batteries are good. Any ideas? ty

So, I have a hallway light and a bathroom light both out that are on separate switches. The circuit breaker is not tripped. Other lights and one outlet on the same circuit appear to be working fine, There are no GFCI outlets on the circuit. I went to the switch box with a non contact tester and it registers voltage when the circuit breaker is on but not off. However, if I touch with a contact tester (hot: neutral, hot: metal box, neutral: metal box all tried) I get no current detected. Would this mean a neutral wire is loose somewhere? I also checked the only box I can see on this circuit in the basement, and at least with a non contact tester all wires seem to have voltage. I am not sure because of wires behind the wall exactly where the wires to these specific switches are coming off from, only have some idea of possibilities.