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Oven light keeps burning out
On Tuesday, January 21, 2003 at 3:23:12 PM UTC-5, wrote:
Hello all. I have a 12 year old GE built-in oven and over the past couple of months the interior oven light keeps burning out, I've gone through about six or seven since Nov/Dec. The lamps generally burn out when I open the door or push in the oven light switch, but not (with one exception described below) after the bulb has lit up. I did a Google search of web pages and newsgroups and came up with a couple of threads, one about light bulbs around the house often burning out and one about oven lights burning out. Both threads suggested checking to make sure an impedance problem with the neutral line wasn't causing an imbalance in the voltage on either side of the neutral. Apparently, the symptom,would be a high voltage reading in the socket. I checked the voltage in one of the kitchen sockets and it read 118.2V. I then put one lead of the voltmeter on the copper center contact of the oven light socket and the other lead on the threaded part of the socket and read the same 118.2V. As an experiment, I left one appliance bulb on for about 8 hours and it survived and I turned off the light. But the next day when I opened the oven door the bulb flashed and failed. I also tried a cheap 40W regular bulb, which survived baking something in the oven but burned out after a few hours when I experimentally left it on after I was finished baking. That experiment was probably flawed though, maybe regular bulbs don't survive baking. I've tried GE, Philips and Home Depot appliance bulbs. I partially pulled out the oven and could see where the oven was connected to the house wiring. From what I could see, the wires were connected with twist connectors and then the bottom of the connector was wrapped in electrical tape. The only thing I can think of is maybe the door and light switch are corroded and when they make contact, they're making a bunch of interrmittent contacts, cycling the bulb many times before a good contact is made. That would effectively put the bulb through dozens or hundreds of power cycles. That might burn out a bulb quickly and explain why the bulbs haven't failed when I left them on for hours at a time. Does anyone have any experience with this kind of problem? I'm not an electrician but is there anything else I can try to see what the problem is? Thanks. I had that problem a few months ago. The oven bulb burned out after a long life, so long I couldn't remember when I replaced it last. I bought a replacement at Home Depot and it burned out within a week. Bought another and the same thing happened. Based on advice from this group, I bought a 130 volt bulb on Amazon; it's still working. Paul |
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Oven light keeps burning out
On Friday, October 2, 2015 at 12:42:59 PM UTC-4, Pavel314 wrote:
On Tuesday, January 21, 2003 at 3:23:12 PM UTC-5, wrote: Hello all. I have a 12 year old GE built-in oven and over the past couple of months the interior oven light keeps burning out, I've gone through about six or seven since Nov/Dec. The lamps generally burn out when I open the door or push in the oven light switch, but not (with one exception described below) after the bulb has lit up. I did a Google search of web pages and newsgroups and came up with a couple of threads, one about light bulbs around the house often burning out and one about oven lights burning out. Both threads suggested checking to make sure an impedance problem with the neutral line wasn't causing an imbalance in the voltage on either side of the neutral. Apparently, the symptom,would be a high voltage reading in the socket. I checked the voltage in one of the kitchen sockets and it read 118.2V. I then put one lead of the voltmeter on the copper center contact of the oven light socket and the other lead on the threaded part of the socket and read the same 118.2V. As an experiment, I left one appliance bulb on for about 8 hours and it survived and I turned off the light. But the next day when I opened the oven door the bulb flashed and failed. I also tried a cheap 40W regular bulb, which survived baking something in the oven but burned out after a few hours when I experimentally left it on after I was finished baking. That experiment was probably flawed though, maybe regular bulbs don't survive baking. I've tried GE, Philips and Home Depot appliance bulbs. I partially pulled out the oven and could see where the oven was connected to the house wiring. From what I could see, the wires were connected with twist connectors and then the bottom of the connector was wrapped in electrical tape. The only thing I can think of is maybe the door and light switch are corroded and when they make contact, they're making a bunch of interrmittent contacts, cycling the bulb many times before a good contact is made. That would effectively put the bulb through dozens or hundreds of power cycles. That might burn out a bulb quickly and explain why the bulbs haven't failed when I left them on for hours at a time. Does anyone have any experience with this kind of problem? I'm not an electrician but is there anything else I can try to see what the problem is? Thanks. I had that problem a few months ago. The oven bulb burned out after a long life, so long I couldn't remember when I replaced it last. I bought a replacement at Home Depot and it burned out within a week. Bought another and the same thing happened. Based on advice from this group, I bought a 130 volt bulb on Amazon; it's still working. Paul I wonder how many of the people who say the bulbs keep burning out tested those bulbs in another fixture. I have a gas stove in which the oven light goes off frequently, but not all the time, when the oven is in use. It eventually comes back on, even while the oven is still hot. It's an intermittent problem and I haven't been able to discern any time or temperature pattern. I tried replacing the bulbs years ago, but it didn't help. The new bulb did the same thing. It's probably an expansion thing with the socket, but I just live with it. |
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Oven light keeps burning out
On Fri, 2 Oct 2015 20:08:01 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
wrote: I tried replacing the bulbs years ago, but it didn't help. The new bulb did the same thing. It's probably an expansion thing with the socket, but I just live with it. Get a flashlight, and place it near the stove. Use it to see the contents of the oven. Problem solved! |
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Oven light keeps burning out
On 10/6/2015 5:36 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 2 Oct 2015 20:08:01 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03 wrote: I tried replacing the bulbs years ago, but it didn't help. The new bulb did the same thing. It's probably an expansion thing with the socket, but I just live with it. Get a flashlight, and place it near the stove. Use it to see the contents of the oven. Problem solved! I've known people to do that with refrigerator. - .. Christopher A. Young learn more about Jesus .. www.lds.org .. .. |
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Oven light keeps burning out
On Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at 9:54:55 AM UTC-4, Stormin Mormon wrote:
On 10/6/2015 5:36 AM, wrote: On Fri, 2 Oct 2015 20:08:01 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03 wrote: I tried replacing the bulbs years ago, but it didn't help. The new bulb did the same thing. It's probably an expansion thing with the socket, but I just live with it. Get a flashlight, and place it near the stove. Use it to see the contents of the oven. Problem solved! I've known people to do that with refrigerator. I keep the flashlight in the refrigerator for that purpose but it's too dark in there and I can never find it without a flashlight. |
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Oven light keeps burning out
On Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at 8:54:55 AM UTC-5, Stormin Mormon wrote:
On 10/6/2015 5:36 AM, wrote: On Fri, 2 Oct 2015 20:08:01 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03 wrote: I tried replacing the bulbs years ago, but it didn't help. The new bulb did the same thing. It's probably an expansion thing with the socket, but I just live with it. Get a flashlight, and place it near the stove. Use it to see the contents of the oven. Problem solved! I've known people to do that with refrigerator. - . A good old magnetic 2 D cell flashlight is good to keep on a fridge. ^_^ [8~{} Uncle Fridge Monster |
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Oven light keeps burning out
On 10/6/2015 10:16 AM, Uncle Monster wrote:
On Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at 8:54:55 AM UTC-5, Stormin Mormon wrote: I've known people to do that with refrigerator. - . A good old magnetic 2 D cell flashlight is good to keep on a fridge. ^_^ [8~{} Uncle Fridge Monster Need one of the new ones with an aluminum magnet. - .. Christopher A. Young learn more about Jesus .. www.lds.org .. .. |
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