Oven lights enable a chef to keep an eye on the preparation of the food without opening and shutting the oven door. However, bulbs burn out over time and require replacement. Changing a Maytag oven light in a self-cleaning oven depends upon the type of bulb your unit uses. Replacement bulbs are available at appliance repair shops and home improvement centers.
Instructions
1. Allow the Maytag self-cleaning oven to completely cool. Open the oven door and pull out the two cooking racks.
2. Find the spring clip retainer securing the light cover. The retainer is around the neck of the cover. Hold the light cover with one hand and pull the retainer off with your free hand. If your Maytag oven uses the smaller halogen light bulb, pull the bulb cover straight off the ceramic socket.
3. Turn the old bulb counterclockwise and remove it from the socket, if your oven uses the 40-watt standard appliance bulb. For ovens using halogen bulbs, grasp the bulb with a paper towel and pull it straight out.
4. Screw a new 40-watt appliance bulb into the socket. If yours uses the halogen, hold the bulb in a paper towel and push the bulb into the socket. Do not touch the glass part of halogens bulbs because the oils in your skin will cause damage to the bulb.
5. Hold the bulb cover over the bulb and socket and slide the retainer ring over the neck of the cover. Covers for halogen bulbs simply push into place. Slide the cooking racks back into the Maytag oven and close the door.
