Light Bulb

Light Bulb

Carolyn from CA

Light bulb in oven went out.

Screw driver.

Getting the light bulb out of the socket that is screwed into the side wall of the oven is heinous. I tried for 20 minutes but couldn't budge the glass out of the clips and had to call the repair guy. It took him 15 minutes of fiddling around till it suddenly released and just slid off. We got the new bulb in, easy peasy, and then it took about 5 more minutes of jiggling around to get the glass back in place. All the while kneeling on the floor at a contorted angle. Who designed this thing??!!

Light Bulb

Robert from AL

Interior light on my Kitchenaide built-in oven burned out. Oven is about eleven years old.

screwdriver

The tricky part of this repair is getting the glass cover off. There is a metal clip that appears to be held on by a screw. My first impulse was to remove the screw, but I had difficulty with it since it needs an odd type of screwdriver that I don't have. Fortunately, I stopped and researched it some more on the internet. It turns out that the screw does not have to be removed. What you have to do is push the inside of the metal clip with a screwdriver blade and the cover will pop right off. There is not much room to get a hold on the bulb to pull it out. One tip I saw on the internet was to wrap a piece of paper towel around the base of the bulb and use that to help coax the bulb out of its socket. Plug the new bulb in and snap the cover back on.