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Tuning down means lowering the pitch rather than raising the pitch. When the pitch is raised on a string the tuner winds the string up on the peg, increasing tension. When the pitch is lowered the opposite happens making the string slightly more slack.

If one were to attempt to tune an E string up to D pitch the string would most certainly break. The tension is too great for the string and it snaps. By tuning down, the string is loosened creating slack and less tension, less reason to break. Lemme know if that makes sense.

No need for a new tuner.