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[robertec]

I'm new and in the very early planning stages. One question I have is "How is there enough light to see inside the oven when you're baking bread"?

[Rastys]

It's easy, you build lights into your arch entry outside your oven and aimed into it.
Do a search, "oven illumination" see what comes up, there are numerous ideas put foreward which are very effective. If you seaerch for oven lights, you will get a lot of unwanted posts, but try it!

Rastys

[Frances]

Or you can do without oven lights and just have some sort of exterior lighting. If you're baking in daylight its not a problem anyway, the light coming in through the doorway is ample to check on bread.

[ThisOldGarageNJ]

i havent had a problem yet, i have a motion sensor spotlight nearby, I also bought at harbor freight a "head Light" runs on 2 AA batteries and sraps on your head, i pop riveted mine to a hat brim.. its fairly bright, but really wasnt necessary as i thought as the additional outside lighting was more than enough

Mark

[DrakeRemoray]

I use a head lamp or a flashlight as I always seem to be baking bread until well after dark and I don't have any good outdoor lighting setup (yet).

Drake

[dbhansen]

Flashlight for breads, flames and coals for pizza! Although I am jealous of those folks who added interior lighting.

[egalecki]

My husband bought me a hat with two leds in the brim. Looks dumb, but it works great. I don't have to move it out of the way and it always lights up what I'm looking at!

[Lars]

"Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness"

...quipped by Warren Buffett after I installed 15 watt bulbs in their hallway to test out some new fixtures.

[papavino]

I've been wondering about the lights installed in the archway. I'm assuming people are running electrical service to their ovens, which would mean they need an inspection, right? I would think a hiking headlamp would be ample enough, as some others have suggested.