Can’t unscrew light bulb to replace in my older oven

Turn off power and try this: https://www.realsimple.com/home-organizing/home-improvement/remove-stuck-light-bulb

Unplug it and if bulb is present break it. Have newspaper or paper bag under it To catch glass. You could even put paper tape, masking tape ect so pieces don’t go flying. Did you put on goggles and rubber gloves? Use a pincher plyer to fold metal part in ward and attempt to unscrew. If stove is so old socket may need to be replaced. Talk to some one at Lowe’s or Home Depot if this doesn’t work. Eileen

I had the same problem try wearing a rubber glove to get a better grip.

use a cut potato to unscrew light bulb

I couldn’t unscrew my oven light cover so I sprayed WD40 around the edge of the glass cover, left it 24 hours then washed the bulb cover with soapy water, then used a rubber glove and it unscrewed, I cleaned the oven replaced the lightbulb

You could contact GE and ask how to handle this, you have the model number ready, see what they suggest.

Hi Ruth, hope this helps you. First thing UNPLUG the oven or switch off breaker

Unplug the oven or shut off the power completely using the electrical breaker/fuse box



Put on a pair of protective gloves in case you have to handle any broken glass

Remove the oven light bulb cover (refer to your oven manufacturer’s guide to see exactly how to remove the cover) If the oven light bulb glass has broken into pieces, use a vacuum cleaner to remove all broken glass from the light bulb holder

Using either your hands or pliers, gently remove the broken light bulb from the socket Insert the new oven light bulb into the socket and replace the light bulb cover Plug the oven back in, or turn on the power at the breaker/fuse box. Job done

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwIvr2BsIKo

Call in a Domestic appliance repair person as they will have all the equipment to hand.

Wear gloves and nsert a needle nose pliers into the base of the bulb and open them as wide as you can. The tips of the needle nose pliers should be touching opposite sides of the base of the bulb. Hold the pliers open and turn them counter-clockwise and the base of the bulb should begin to unscrew.