Upgrading cooktop light to LED on Samsung ME16K3000AS microwave

In this video, I replace the original power sucking and dim incandescent light bulb in the cooktop light on this Samsung microwave with an LED replacement that's brighter and uses less energy.
Link to light bulb I purchased:
www.amazon.com/Dimmable-Equiv...
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[@romanykemp9042]

I "refound" this video from back in January 2022. I replaced my lights with the 2 of the LED lights that was suggested. They worked great but finally died after 2 years. Reordered replacements...

[@TheMiniJunkie]

We just replaced our broken one with this model and my wife is complaining about the exact same issue including “there’s room for two bulbs!” Lol. I’ll try the led!

[@arthursmith643]

First thing shut off your power to the microwave at the circuit breaker if you have the two pins bulb not the screw in. When replacing these it will get hot as hell before you have it fully pushed in and you can burn your fingertips.

[@brianpevehouse1150]

What about the one inside the microwave how do you change that one?

[@scavanger1000]

Thanks, just ordered one with same day shipping, it’ll be nice to have a light again

[@kingmurda8228]

Hi do you know what the glass cooking tray measures broke mine having trouble finding the replacement

[@beckydielibclc]

thanks!!

[@CotyRiddle]

I agree the lighting included in these things is rubbish. I might try this whole LED thing in the one I have (Uses two bulbs on the bottom)

[@jessewilliams6495]

I have that exact range

[@lisecki]

I want to replace my over the range microwave light not because it’s terrible but it seems to make an unreal amount of heat - do you recall if yours did that?

[@CubeComputerChannel]

All incandescent or halogen lamps will generate a lot of heat. The LED bulbs run much cooler.

[@dianebrandon1284]

Description says to replace with 40 watt incandescent. Is ir ok t9 us3 75 watt equivalent

[@CubeComputerChannel]

As long as the actual power draw rating is 40W or less, it should work fine. I believe the one I installed in this video is a 70w equivalent.

[@jeffhalebopp]

Our GE microwave is even worse. The light is all the way towards the back of the microwave so it doesn't even light the stove underneath properly.

[@lnxguit]

What LED bulb did you get?

[@CubeComputerChannel]

Link is in the description.

[@lnxguit]

@@CubeComputerChannel oops - thank you

[@jerylsburk]

So… Brand-name and model number of the bulb? I’m on the Walmart app right now trying to find it: what’s the model number and the Brand name of the lightbulb did you use because I can’t seem to find it and I don’t know which one it is and you don’t mention it in the video. Can’t tell the threads are right or if it’s Goldilock size I need to replace this exact part on this exact machine exactly so what is it? Try as I might, I can’t figure out which one…

[@CubeComputerChannel]

It's right there in the description... from Amazon.

[@jerylsburk]

OK instead of answering the question you tell me it’s somewhere where there’s a link to your your page it looks like but I don’t see any information about this. Can you at least tell me if it’s a E 17 base or not or what it is so I can look it up myself cause I’m getting of Amazon I’ll tell you that I’m getting it from Walmart right now like to be delivered but I need to know what the base is at least but yeah there’s a link to your shit on there but no link to Amazon, anything maybe I’m not looking the right place but the one place I’m looking is not it’s not there

[@CubeComputerChannel]

@@jerylsburk I clicked the More button in the description and the Amazon link popped right up. Clicking on the link brings up the title which states "E17". I referred you to the Amazon link because Walmart doesn't have the best *in-store* selection of specialty bulbs.

[@arubaguy2733]

So many people waste so much time showing silly things like opening products, and telling so many details that no one cares about.
It gets so annoying when they don't just get to the "how to" subject matter.
The whole process could have been shown in 90 seconds without all the unnecessary commentary. Thanks, anyway. I am 1,100 miles from my home ordering replacement parts that I need for when I get home. Thought I'd tell some things nobody cares about, too.😂

[@arubaguy2733]

It doesn't really "dim" the LED. The dim function simply switches a diode in series with the bulb's power circuit, thus supplying it with half-wave rectified AC. The flicker you see is the "off" portion of the AC sine wave. It's a cheap way to fake a dim function which works well for incandescent bulbs but not so good for LEDs.