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I've Been in the Dark for 20 Years.

Icegoddess — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 18:15:48 GMT

Who knew? So, I have lived in this house for 20+ years. It was built in the 80's and the oven is original to the house. I don't use it that often anymore, but yesterday I needed to cook lasagna and decided to use it even though I could've used my Oster oven. When I was moving the racks around I noticed some charred stuff in the bottom, so today I decided to clean that out. It's a self cleaning oven, so that might have been the char left over from the one time I ran that cycle several years ago. Don't hate me for not being a clean freak.

Anyways, I then noticed how dirty the inside of the oven door was and decided to try the Dawn Powerwash I got to clean the Ninja Foodi mesh filter, the one thing that isn't non-stick in the gadget. It works quite well for that purpose. I was actually surprised at how good a job it did on the oven door, although the glass window needed more scrubbing and I still didn't get all the little brown spots off even using an SOS pad.

After I closed the oven door I wiped down the outside and noticed a strange indent on the handle. Could it be? I pushed on it, nothing. I guess not. But, I pushed a little harder and......Voila! The light inside the oven came on. I have been complaining for 20 years that this oven didn't have a switch for the light so that I could check on the food without opening the oven door. Even my mother's 60's oven had that switch and my 80's model didnt. Well, I guess it did.

Re: I've Been in the Dark for 20 Years.

CAcableGirl2 — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 18:33:21 GMT

Isn't it crazy that you find a new feature on a piece of equipment that you've been using for years!

Re: I've Been in the Dark for 20 Years.

namaste000 — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 18:41:20 GMT

Thank you...for this thread. I moved to a condo 3 years ago, after 35 years in a house. Appliances in apt are a lot more modern and thanks to your post...I can now check oven without opening door!!

@Icegoddess wrote:
Who knew? So, I have lived in this house for 20+ years. It was built in the 80's and the oven is original to the house. I don't use it that often anymore, but yesterday I needed to cook lasagna and decided to use it even though I could've used my Oster oven. When I was moving the racks around I noticed some charred stuff in the bottom, so today I decided to clean that out. It's a self cleaning oven, so that might have been the char left over from the one time I ran that cycle several years ago. Don't hate me for not being a clean freak.

Anyways, I then noticed how dirty the inside of the oven door was and decided to try the Dawn Powerwash I got to clean the Ninja Foodi mesh filter, the one thing that isn't non-stick in the gadget. It works quite well for that purpose. I was actually surprised at how good a job it did on the oven door, although the glass window needed more scrubbing and I still didn't get all the little brown spots off even using an SOS pad.

After I closed the oven door I wiped down the outside and noticed a strange indent on the handle. Could it be? I pushed on it, nothing. I guess not. But, I pushed a little harder and......Voila! The light inside the oven came on. I have been complaining for 20 years that this oven didn't have a switch for the light so that I could check on the food without opening the oven door. Even my mother's 60's oven had that switch and my 80's model didnt. Well, I guess it did.

Re: I've Been in the Dark for 20 Years.

Othereeeen — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 18:45:19 GMT

I went to our local garden center owned by a nice local guy who will load all your flats into the back of your car, truck or SUV.

I have an SUV ....

I opened the tailgate with my keyfob...

The guy loaded the flats, and reached up to press a button to CLOSE the tailgate.

I owned the car 4 years and never knew there was such a button!!!

Re: I've Been in the Dark for 20 Years.

boquet bonnie — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 18:54:57 GMT

LOL

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Snowpuppy — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 18:55:22 GMT

My clue would have been the lightbulb INSIDE the oven itself. 😉

No bulb, no need to look for that switch.

Re: I've Been in the Dark for 20 Years.

boquet bonnie — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 18:55:32 GMT

LOL...

Re: I've Been in the Dark for 20 Years.

Solar Is My Name — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 18:59:03 GMT

And I just found out that my smartphone can be used to place and answer calls! I usually only text, and check FB, Insta, etc.! JUST KIDDING, BUT I often laugh at myself because I rarely call or receive calls but use the smartphone MUCH more as a mini-computer.

HAPPY, HEALTHY NEW YEAR AND GOOD NEW DISCOVERIES TO ALL.

Re: I've Been in the Dark for 20 Years.

froggy — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 19:17:59 GMT

Just an FYI - as far as I know oven windows are double paned and the remaining little brown spots might be between the panes.

Re: I've Been in the Dark for 20 Years.

CelticCrafter — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 20:19:04 GMT

@Solar Is My Name wrote:
And I just found out that my smartphone can be used to place and answer calls! I usually only text, and check FB, Insta, etc.! JUST KIDDING, BUT I often laugh at myself because I rarely call or receive calls but use the smartphone MUCH more as a mini-computer.

HAPPY, HEALTHY NEW YEAR AND GOOD NEW DISCOVERIES TO ALL.

My smartphone is an expensive texting machine! I don't use it to make calls, no one except scam calls on it so I don't answer it and I don't use it to surf the net or FB.

Re: I've Been in the Dark for 20 Years.

house_cat — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 20:50:44 GMT

@Icegoddess

Surprise! Good for you! I totally get it. I was living in this house for 7 years before I realized my oven has a convection feature... and I use my oven a lot!

Re: I've Been in the Dark for 20 Years.

ceekay — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 20:40:43 GMT

@froggy- I discovered a couple of years ago (thanks to a thread on this board) that there is a slot in the bottom of my oven door and I can actually clean between the double pane glass on the door via that pane if I so desire. Not all ovens have it and I am not sure what makes the difference. I have a gas oven we purchased circa 1993.

And @Icegoddess - if it makes you feel better, I have never cleaned cleaned my oven other than to wipe something off that is easily removed. Anything that is going to mess up the oven goes outside on the charcoal grill so all it's used for is baking cookies, biscuits, casseroles and non splattery stuff. Looks almost new inside still. That is too funny about your oven light though.

Re: I've Been in the Dark for 20 Years.

Icegoddess — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 21:03:10 GMT

@froggy wrote:
Just an FYI - as far as I know oven windows are double paned and the remaining little brown spots might be between the panes.

@froggy, no, I can feel them.

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Mz iMac — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 21:10:24 GMT

I am the aluminum foil queen. 👸🏾 That being said........

I was in my late 50's when I NOTICED the punch-in tabs on the sides & wondered what in the world???? One of my girl friends told me the punch-in tabs are to hold the roller in the box. Who knew? Not me!!!!!

Re: I've Been in the Dark for 20 Years.

loriqvc — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 21:28:19 GMT

@Icegoddess - I've recently experienced an almost opposite situation: After many years, I finally decided to replace my range a few months ago. I went with the latest model from the same brand since all the controls are the same (well, there is an extra burner on the new one), making the upgrade really easy. However, I was very surprised to find that the oven light on the new range only works if you use the switch on the top of the unit—it does not automatically turn on when the door opens! At first, I thought I had a defective range and worried I'd have to return it right after purchasing it, but lo and behold, the manufacturer's website confirms that this is just how the unit is set up. Not a big deal, of course, but pretty strange considering the much-older version had the automatic light feature...

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proudlyfromNJ — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 21:32:35 GMT

@Mz iMac I found out about this while reading on some website. I never knew either!

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Harpa — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 21:52:16 GMT

@IcegoddessSo happy you found the light!

I'm like that with cars, phones and probably computers.

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Sage04 — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 23:05:31 GMT

@Othereeeen wrote:
I went to our local garden center owned by a nice local guy who will load all your flats into the back of your car, truck or SUV.

I have an SUV ....

I opened the tailgate with my keyfob...

The guy loaded the flats, and reached up to press a button to CLOSE the tailgate.

I owned the car 4 years and never knew there was such a button!!!

@Othereeeen that's funny. I found that out last week also. I tried to close it by pulling it down and my sister said, there is a button, just press it. I learned that for sure lol

Re: I've Been in the Dark for 20 Years.

Sage04 — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 23:08:21 GMT

@froggy wrote:
Just an FYI - as far as I know oven windows are double paned and the remaining little brown spots might be between the panes.

@froggy you are correct, but I remember hearing or reading that there is a way to seperate the panes, clean the inside and then replace it.

Re: I've Been in the Dark for 20 Years.

Sage04 — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 23:12:08 GMT

@ceekay wrote:
@froggy- I discovered a couple of years ago (thanks to a thread on this board) that there is a slot in the bottom of my oven door and I can actually clean between the double pane glass on the door via that pane if I so desire. Not all ovens have it and I am not sure what makes the difference. I have a gas oven we purchased circa 1993.

And @Icegoddess - if it makes you feel better, I have never cleaned cleaned my oven other than to wipe something off that is easily removed. Anything that is going to mess up the oven goes outside on the charcoal grill so all it's used for is baking cookies, biscuits, casseroles and non splattery stuff. Looks almost new inside still. That is too funny about your oven light though.

@ceekay I just posted the same thing about the slot in the bottom of the oven door that could be removed to clean in between. Ok so not every oven has that feature. I have to look and see if mine has it.