Mechanical shunt for use in the sockets of a string of lights

A lamp for use in a light string, said lamp comprising:

• a globe;
• a filament in said globe;
• a base carrying said globe, said base having a pair of holes formed therein;
• a first and an opposing second Dumet wire extending from inside said globe through said holes in said base, and wherein said base has two opposing depending flanges;
• a socket carrying said base, said base removably seatable in said socket, said socket having an interior wall;
• a first and an opposing second electrical terminal carried by said interior wall of said socket, said first and said second Dumet wires engaging said first and said second electrical terminals, respectively, when said base is seated in said socket;
• a shunt holder carried by said socket between said first and said second electrical terminals and having a slot formed therein;
• and
• a conductive spring shunt being inserted into said slot of said shunt holder and having two opposing lateral ends extending laterally of said shunt holder and having curved portions, said curved portions of said lateral ends being in contact with said first and second terminals of said socket when said base is not inserted in said socket but being urged away from said first and said second terminals when said base is inserted into said socket,
• wherein said depending flanges have slits formed therein for said Dumet wires to pass through from between said depending flanges to outside said depending flanges.