The following is excerpted from a presentation made by Lenore Berman, associate managing engineer, Underwriters Laboratories at the UL Annual Meeting in May in Chicago. For the specific model reviewed here, there are a total of eight 1,000 W halogen lamps, with four positioned above and four below the cooking chamber. Operator access is limited to the external control panel and interior cooking cavity via a manually operated, side-hinged, interlocked front door.
Maintenance consists of cleaning interior and exterior exposed surfaces.
The overall test program may vary based on the specific construction of the halogen-light oven. This test is conducted to determine if the unit is properly rated and to determine which cooking mode draws the most current. The cooking mode is then used for the temperature test. This test is conducted to verify that the halogen-light oven does not reach a temperature at any point high enough to cause a risk of fire, damage to any material used or exceed temperatures specified by the standard during normal and abnormal operation. Dielectric Voltage Withstand.