How does the NEFF door light work?
I've noticed an issue with NEFF hide and slides where there are lights in the door. Why are there lights in the door? Well its a feature from Neff called NeffLight (article here) and with this the door has built in lights that shine into the oven. The idea is that the user is given extra light to view the cooking in process. So when the door is closed. When the door is open the connectors to the door no longer line up - so the door needs to be closed for the connection to be made.
It is supposed to be a special feature as it ensures better visibility as the normal oven light in the oven can be obscured by trays on shelves. So say you had something cooking at the top of the oven then the light would be restricted at the bottom of the oven. The idea of the Nefflight in the door is to give you extra light so you can see the baking trays further down in a full oven.
The issue is how do you check that they are working? With us and cleaning them I have never worked out how to check they are working until today. I actually cleaned two in two consecutive days last year and on the first oven I couldn't work out how to get the light to work and on the second one the customer told me that they didn't work. But the first customer insisted that they were working before we started the clean! I'm not sure how though as glass on the door was very dirty - how could they have checked they were working or even noticed that they were working as the lights only work when the door is closed. If the oven glass is very dirty then how did they see through the glass to say they were working.
So on investigation today - looking at the manual for the oven I discovered that the feature can be switched off to save power - there is a switch on the bottom right of the door. So I'm thinking a lot of people may switch off the lights to save some electricity.
And for oven cleaners it just be may be something that you may accidentally move when polishing up the front of the oven door. So check that switch!
