Is it safe to use the oven with no light bulb in it?

Question

Recently I had problems with the metal part of the lightbulb being stuck in there cause the bulb fell out. Well while i was trying to remove the metal part i messed up the holder and now i cant put a lightbulb in? is it okay to use the oven like that? anyway i can mend it back ? any suggestions??

thanks in advance!!

Answer 1

No, your food will explode.

Answer 2

Oven Light Cover

Answer 3

Well technically it's safe but it's not convenient.
Normally people are able to see if the food is done by checking instead of opening the oven, because when you open it you change the temperature drastically and may ruin the food if it is delicate.

But you can use the oven, just don't open and close it a lot when you are cooking otherwise it can ruin the food :]

Answer 4

Yeah, it's just a lightbulb. nothing drastic will happen. but, just to be on the safe side, you might want to get it fixed just incase the heat from the oven causes a spark from the socket, thus making a fire inside the oven. Good luck dude.

Answer 5

There's just a remote possibility that there is a live wire sticking out of the remains of the base of the bulb. You must assess the risk of accidentally touching it when getting anything in and out of the oven (if it's behind a glass cover that's OK).

Answer 6

Yes, it's okay to use your oven without the light-bulb... it makes it a little inconvenient because you have to work harder to "see" the current condition of the food you've got baking in the over - but otherwise, the function of the oven should be unaffected.

Answer 7

No problem at all unless you can manage to stick something inside the bulb socket (accidentally?) Bulb has absolutely nothing to do with oven operation! It is only a "convenience" item.

It is possible that you may be able to 'restore" socket enough to use bulb again, by doing this. ... Be sure the stove is unplugged from wall of course while you do it! **** If you can find something round (like a wooden broomhandle), you may be able to sort of work it around (gently) like a "potato masher", - and work the sides back out streight. After it is looking pretty good, - take an old light bulb -'any light bulb'-(because you might destroy it), - cover it with "duct tape", - this will protect your hands if the bulb breaks! Work the bulb in and out of socket a few times, trying to turn it just a "fraction of an inch" further each time, -- a little lubrication (like margerine or cooking oil) will ease the turning just a little! If you can do this enough times, it will finally "wallow out" enough that the bulb finally reaches the back of socket to contact in the middle! This is usually possible, because the outside (threaded part) is made of very light metal, - the porcelin part of the socket "frame" keeps the outer part of threads from over expanding in normal use, - as well as protect the inner parts of the socket itself! If you actually crushed the threaded part in on sides , - you of course are going to have to work it out till it is somewhere near round before you start this! If successful;, just wipe out socket with paper towel as well as you can and you are finished. The "lubricant" may smell a little and smoke, - but will eventually burn up , and it is gone.

DO NOT use WD-40, - is great lubricant,-- but you will have to run oven wide open for about 3 hours to burn it out and get smell out of oven!

As for removing the base of the light bulb from socket, - the easy way is to get a butcher knife of right width on end, insert into the broken base all the way in (till it actulally hits on bottom,- yet is fairly secure on sides), then you can just screw out the socket using the knife handle to turn it with! Here agin make sure the stove is unplugged from the wall! I personally do this from time to time without removing the plug, -- but you can be sure that you didn't do something wrong and short it out while doing this procedure!

So now you know how to get the next one out!

Of course sometimes it is just too badly damaged, -- if you want to have the oven light working, look around and find somebody that repairs old appliances, give him the socket for a sample, and he can probably go into his "junkyard" and find a good one that he will sell,and it won't cost you a lot. 90% of all oven light sockets are pretty streight-foreward to change, and not much work, - all you have to do is unplug, and move out stove far enough to get the rear panel off -- If has more than one piece, start with "middle one", - or botton section (in case of 2 panels)- is held on with screws, usually phillips, - or "hex head (in which case you need a socket or "nut driver"). Then after you figure out how the socket is attached, you just unplug the two wires and remove it, - putting replacement in in reverse order!

In the last 50 years I have restored many sockets this way!

Answer 8

Don't mess with that unless you pull circuit barker. After power is off see if you can grab enough in middle with pliers to turn screw area out. If it hasn't shorted out already you might be safe, but cooking vapor might cause short so would avoid using oven till fixed if possible.

Answer 9

unplug your oven. cut a potato in half. put this over the hole and try screwing the potato in it. then unscrew. this should get the broke light bulb out. and yes it is okey to cook with out a light bulb.

Answer 10

Of course you can ose the oven that way.

Answer 11

It should be serviced by a technician of some experience in this field.