The glass covering the light in our oven won't unscrew easily. Any tips?

On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 08:31:29 +0100, "PM"
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The glass covering the light in our oven won't unscrew easily. Any tips?

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"PM" writes:
The glass covering the light in our oven won't unscrew easily. Any tips?

I have had to take a fitted oven out so I can extract the
lampholder from the rear in such cases. In that case, it
wasn't caused by burned food, but by the light bulb having
exploded, and the force of the explosion had blown the
glass cover half off, leaving it cross-threaded.

Incidently, that was a 25W oven lamp, and it took out a
B32 breaker in the CU when it blew...

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Andrew Gabriel

PM explained on 28/10/2005 :
The glass covering the light in our oven won't unscrew easily. Any tips?

Not all do - some are fixed in place and you change the lamp from the
back, probably after removing a steel cover.

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Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk

"Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message
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PM explained on 28/10/2005 :
The glass covering the light in our oven won't unscrew easily. Any tips?

Not all do - some are fixed in place and you change the lamp from the
back, probably after removing a steel cover.

This one did and now doesn't...

PM wrote:
"Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message
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PM explained on 28/10/2005 :

The glass covering the light in our oven won't unscrew easily. Any tips?

Not all do - some are fixed in place and you change the lamp from the
back, probably after removing a steel cover.


This one did and now doesn't...


Try warming the oven to about 150C and see if you can remove the glass.
Wear an old pair of rubber gloves though and use an older glove to wrap
around the glass.
By warming, you will expand the fitting and it might just unscrew that
bit easier.

Dave

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"Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message
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PM explained on 28/10/2005 :
The glass covering the light in our oven won't unscrew easily. Any tips?

Not all do - some are fixed in place and you change the lamp from the
back, probably after removing a steel cover.

This one did and now doesn't...

Could you tighten a Jubilee clip around the rim, to give you a bit more
purchase?

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Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk