Is this light repairable?

[bambam]

Hi

Couple of the lights in our cooker hood went ages ago and I remember looking for spares and was shocked to see that each unit was about £80 from Neff and about £30 from a 3rd party. So I left it.
Anyway, got tired of only half of them working so took them off the hood and took them apart, expecting to a see a bulb that I could search for and replace.

Instead, I was faced with a led that is soldered into place. So was wondering if they can be repaired, and if so, how?

Couple of pics to show what the unit is and what is inside:





Any thoughts, ideas, suggestions?

Cheers

PS I have a soldering iron but never used it!

[Tooks]

Hi

Couple of the lights in our cooker hood went ages ago and I remember looking for spares and was shocked to see that each unit was about £80 from Neff and about £30 from a 3rd party. So I left it.
Anyway, got tired of only half of them working so took them off the hood and took them apart, expecting to a see a bulb that I could search for and replace.

Instead, I was faced with a led that is soldered into place. So was wondering if they can be repaired, and if so, how?

Couple of pics to show what the unit is and what is inside:





Any thoughts, ideas, suggestions?

Cheers

PS I have a soldering iron but never used it!

Those surface mount LEDs also need a driver and a ballast, and over time they do unfortunately fail.

You might be lucky and find the right LED, de-solder the old one and re-solder the new one, and it’ll work but chances are you’ll end up replacing the whole unit anyway.

The £30 replacements are probably worth a punt, they’ll likely last at least half as long as the Neff’s.

[lewie]

What about another route
Look on eBay for a Neff hood that’s broken - seller may just post you the light?
There are a few in there

[Harry Smith]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qaTGAeUlvv8

Don't know if any of this would be useful?

[traf]

eBay item number:152474322337 should work

[Gruntfuttock]

Good luck with the search. It is ironic that solid state lighting should last a lifetime but due to poor design it will last a lot less and cost a ridiculous amount compared to an incandescent bulb to replace. Just hope that one of your car LED headlights doesn't fail. My neighbour had a quote of over £1000 to replace a headlight on his BMW X4.

In 30 years I have replaced the oven light once in our old Belling oven, but we are getting a new kitchen soon with Neff appliances.