[frankm17]

Thanks to Dan O's advice, I was able to repair the door-open switch on this oven, but in the process I dropped/broke the bulb. I got a Maytag replacement bulb (although this just appears to be a 12v 10W halogen which I can get at Home Depot etc.) and noticed it did not fit into the socket snugly at all. The light did not come on when I restored power, and when I jiggled the bulb it blew right away. Subsequent bulbs suffered the same fate, they did not come on or when they did they just blew out right away.

Is there some trick to putting in the replacement? The holes at the bottom of the ceramic socket seem to be too big for the pins and as a result there is a very loose fit, which I think would explain why the bulb blows out when it finally does make contact.

Thanks for any help with this!

Frank