“Is there any reason why a LED bulb can not be used for the over the stove light?”
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You can use an LED but the bulb can’t be longer than a standard incandescent 40W bulb (about 2.5”). The recess that houses the bulb is a strange design because while it’s about 8” wide, it’s only about 2.5” deep and the bulb fits arcoss the depth axis and not the width axis which prevents a larger bulb from fitting (40W isn’t enough to shed light on the range, expecially considering it’s located toward the back of the even rather than the front where I mainly use the stove burners. What I ended up going was to wire up a spliiter that screws into the existing E17 socket and splits into 2 E17 sockets that are directed sideways which allows for 2 much larger bulbs. I currently am using two 60W (equivalent) LED bulbs. The 6000 degree light it a bit too white so I’ll likely look for 3000 degree bulbs instead, but the light is amazingly bright (120W vs. 40W) — the low setting might show some 60hz flicker with LED lights (probably should insert an inegrator capacitor to dampen that out), and for some reason the light doesn’t complete turn off when the panel button is set to off. I assume that means there is a small residual current that isn’t enough to light up the incandescent filament (a filament bulb turns completely off) but is enough to render a very slight “night light” illumination of the far more current sensitive LED. And remember, two 60W LED bulbs is still only about 12W so that’s no problem for a 40W fixture, and they don’t warm up or burn out.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Budd, thanks for the inquiry. We recommend using the bulb that is listed on the bulb and Use/Care Guide. Unfortunately, we can have not tested LED light for this appliance. Hopefully this information is beneficial to you. Thank you for your inquiry regarding our Whirlpool appliances!
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