# Light turning off during cook **URL:** \ **Category:** Anova Precision® Oven\ **Created:** [November 1, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/light-turning-off-during-cook/27197 "2020-11-01T19:08:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Benhaim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/daniel_benhaim/32/6865_2.png) [@Daniel\_Benhaim](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Daniel_Benhaim)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/light-turning-off-during-cook/27197/1 "2020-11-01T19:08:05Z")
Weirdly, the light in my oven now turns off a few seconds after closing the door. Before I was having the flickering issue which was annoying. But I’m not sure what’s happening now. There wasn’t any update recently aside from firmware 1.01 … does anyone else have their APO internal light shut off after a just few seconds ? When I want to see inside I have to open the door which is certainly not ideal. ---
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Benhaim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/daniel_benhaim/32/6865_2.png) [@Daniel\_Benhaim](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Daniel_Benhaim)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/light-turning-off-during-cook/27197/2 "2020-11-01T19:19:41Z")
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**Author:** ![wycats](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/wycats/32/6900_2.png) [@wycats](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/wycats)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/light-turning-off-during-cook/27197/3 "2020-11-14T21:49:00Z")
I am having the same trouble. ---
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Benhaim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/daniel_benhaim/32/6865_2.png) [@Daniel\_Benhaim](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Daniel_Benhaim)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/light-turning-off-during-cook/27197/4 "2020-11-14T22:20:01Z")
I found that Its actually a feature not an error Under certain temps the light doesn’t trigger. ---
**Author:** ![JoeInOttawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@JoeInOttawa](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/JoeInOttawa)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/light-turning-off-during-cook/27197/5 "2020-12-29T16:38:14Z")
> [@Daniel\_Benhaim](#): > > I found that Its actually a feature not an error Did anyone from Anova confirm this? I just noticed mine doing this this morning, but the temp I have set is very low (85 degrees to help with my bread dough rising). I’ve sent an email to Support, but I see I’m not the only one, so I thought I’d jump in here and ask. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Benhaim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/daniel_benhaim/32/6865_2.png) [@Daniel\_Benhaim](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Daniel_Benhaim)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/light-turning-off-during-cook/27197/6 "2020-12-31T19:19:30Z")
Yes. They wrote to me saying the light does not turn on below certain temps especially for proofing. ---
**Author:** ![avazquez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a4c791/32.png) [@avazquez](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/avazquez)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/light-turning-off-during-cook/27197/7 "2021-01-14T17:23:31Z")
This is very annoying! I would love to be able to control if the light was on or not. ---
**Author:** ![Raef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@Raef](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Raef)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/light-turning-off-during-cook/27197/8 "2021-03-14T15:48:42Z")
I am curious about this as well. I need the light on to see what is happening with the bread and there does not seem to be a way to turn it on., ---
**Author:** ![JoeInOttawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@JoeInOttawa](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/JoeInOttawa)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/light-turning-off-during-cook/27197/9 "2021-03-14T16:45:21Z")
Although I suspect they could change this in the firmware, for now, I was told that the light is kept off below a certain temperature (89 sticks in my memory, but I absolutely would NOT trust that). The light bulb itself is incandescent, and I wonder if it messes with fine temperature control below a certain point. Anyway, it is totally normal and the expected behaviour, for better or for worse. ---
**Author:** ![Raef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@Raef](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Raef)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 2:07am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/light-turning-off-during-cook/27197/10 "2021-03-15T02:07:46Z")
Thanks so much. That makes sense but man that’s very inconvenient. Seems like an LED light in this day and age would have made a lot more sense. ---
**Author:** ![Franknozly](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/franknozly/32/7160_2.png) [@Franknozly](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Franknozly)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/light-turning-off-during-cook/27197/11 "2021-03-16T14:46:59Z")
> [@Raef](#): > > Seems like an LED light in this day and age would have made a lot more sense LEDs cannot withstand high temps. Typically around 85C is their max operating temp. Not to mention all the other components that drive the LED also have to survive high temps. You will never find an LED used in a high temperature application.