Oven bulb

Powerful_Pierre

What would cause the oven bulb in a 12 year old AEG fan oven to keep blowing? I have tried different makes and some only last a few days.

C_Ronaldo

The correct wattage, i could be wrong mind,

kitchen_buff

Possibly a power surge. Ring 08705 950 950, electrolux/aeg helpine. Dont get them out it will cost an arm and a leg, but they should be able to give advice, dont get put through to local service center, wait on the line for a customer service rep.

C_Ronaldo

kitchen_buff wrote: »

Possibly a power surge. Ring 08705 950 950, electrolux/aeg helpine. Dont get them out it will cost an arm and a leg, but they should be able to give advice, dont get put through to local service center, wait on the line for a customer service rep.

better suggestion than mine

espresso

Is the protective glass correctly fitted in place?

ollyk

Either as above with the protective glass OR the bulb holder has dodgy contacts which heats the lamp base and leads to premature failure.

carly

I had this problem some months ago and I rang the oven makers. They told me to check the bulb holder as any damage/distortion to this can short the bulb out ( as in earlier post ). This turned out to be the problem as it was indeed a little bent and was catching on the side of the contacts. never had the problem since i reshaped it

steve_r123

Sounds stupid, but are you definately sure it's an oven bulb? It should have 300 degrees symbol stamped on it somewhere.

I sell oven bulbs, and you would be surprised how many people put fridge bulbs in their oven by mistake and wonder why they dont last very long.:o

Powerful_Pierre

Definately oven bulbs used each time - thanks all and I'll have a look at the weekend