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Thread Number: 42829
/ Tag: Recipes, Cooking Accessories
Panel/console lights on ranges/ovens/washer/dryer |
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| Post# 448813 12/25/2021 at 10:48 (636 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
I miss the console/panel lighting on these appliances.
The newest ranges I've seen with a panel light are the Kenmore Elite ranges and wall ovens with the little purple accent strip. It lights up when there is a burner or oven is on, or when the accent light button is pressed. Not sure if these are still in production or if Frigidaire has an equivalent feature. Several years ago the Whirlpool Gold ranges also had an LED night light strip on the console, seen some of these around but no longer in production. In the 1990s there were some Kenmore and KitchenAid ranges with fluorescent lights still. I believe Whirlpool and Frigidaire still offered them too, along with Caloric. And some of the GE Profile ranges still had a fluorescent night light I think in the early 2000s. The last washer/dryers I can think of with a fluorescent light were the Kenmore electronic sets in late 1990s/early 2000s. And maybe the electronic Amana sets. Does anyone else like these lights? | ||
| Post# 448965 , Reply# 2 12/31/2021 at 12:27 (630 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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My previous car had the incandescent footwell lights that illuminated when the doors were open. Very useful.
My Taurus has LED lights in the footwells, front door map pockets, above the door handles, and also in the cupholders. There are some in the back seat footwell too. The lights are bright blue when the doors are open. Then you can change the colors for accent lighting while driving like in the Mini and dim them. I usually keep them on the ice blue color as it's brighter than the others. I really like having those lights, but like you say they are only offered on certain trim levels. That's a big part of why I wanted the Limited model, but I have seen Ford offering kits to add the footwell lights in all models. | ||
| Post# 448966 , Reply# 3 12/31/2021 at 12:29 (630 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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Oh, I forgot about the dispenser lights on fridges too. I like those. One of my neighbors used to have an older Amana that had a sensor for the dispenser light so it would go on automatically if the room was dark. The newer fridges have LED dispenser lights that look nice. I'd probably leave it on all the time if I had one.
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| Post# 448973 , Reply# 4 12/31/2021 at 14:18 (630 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
My 1992-ish Lady Kenmore range has the fluorescent panel light. It looks cool; however, I seldom turn it on as the light on the range hood makes it kind of redundant. It does make a nice kitchen night light, even if it does use too much electricity for the light it puts out. I'd love to replace the fluorescent tube with an LED tube but I haven't found one the right length. I also seem to remember that the 1960s vintage chocolate brown Kenmore washer and dryer we had when I was a kid had backlit controls, at least on the washer.
Today, a lot of appliances are going the opposite extreme and trying to hide the controls entirely with LED touch panels that stay dark when the appliance is not in use. My sister has an Electrolux dishwasher that has the controls hidden along the top edge of the door, where they're only accessible when it's open. It also projects cycle information and a countdown timer on the floor while it's running. My 2013 Buick LaCrosse has an extensive interior lighting package—foot well lights, lights on the bottoms of the doors so you can see where you're stepping at night, lighted door pulls, and decorative light strips on the dashboard and center console. It really projects (pun definitely intended) a sense of elegance. | ||
| Post# 448998 , Reply# 5 1/1/2022 at 20:25 (628 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
Roper stove I got out of a 1950s house that was being demolished. The whole kitchen was 100% original 1950s. I still have it, albeit in pieces, because the top piece of metal has large rust holes on either end. Fixing the steel is going to be a pain, but then it has to be re-enameled afterwards, which costs $800 plus shipping a large thing to the enamel guy. So that's a literal backburner project for me lol
Used this stove for a second kitchen in the basement of my previous house. Worked a treat for all the holidays. I'd say this is the best stove I've ever used. Each burner is two burner rings in one, so they're amazingly powerful. Yet, the valves operate as such that as you turn them down, both burner rings go down, then the outer ring goes out completely and the inner ring goes back to full force, then goes down as you turn the knob further. Gives you power and precise control on all four burners. I've noticed a lot of new stoves just recently have come out with just one 'power burner' of this design. Incidentally, the panel light, if you can even call it that, is basically completely useless.
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| Post# 450293 , Reply# 7 2/22/2022 at 15:41 (577 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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| Post# 450351 , Reply# 8 2/24/2022 at 01:57 (575 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
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I was gearing up to have the top panel repaired. I found a guy who re-enamels stuff. As soon as I said it was a Roper, he said it must have the rust holes on the sides. He said they're all like that, but didn't know why. I know why. The pilot lights have heat shields that redirect the heat from the pilots to either side - exactly where the rust holes are.
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| Post# 450392 , Reply# 9 2/25/2022 at 21:50 (573 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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That has a nice, dramatic look with the flurorescent light on in a dark room. Those pies look good, too.
This is the latest range I'm aware of with a kind of panel light, these Kenmore Elite ranges and also the wall ovens they made. That purple/blue strip lights up when the "Accent Light" keypad is pressed, or when a burner/oven is on. You can see it on here. I did like the tall look of this control panel, it reminds me of the Frigidaire Touch N Cook ranges of the 70s. My neighbor has the older (2006) version of Kenmore Elite, but back then they did not have any sort of panel light that I'm aware of.
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