Pizza oven lighting????

[Pretty Mouth]

A long shot, but I thought I'd ask anyway...

A customer has a brick built, wood fired pizza oven, outdoors in their garden. And they want lighting in it, so they can see when the pizzas are done. Tricky. Has anyone got any ideas of how this might be achieved?

I presume there isn't a made-for-the-job light assembly for just this purpose?

Otherwise I guess it's a case of knocking up something bespoke, probably out of oven spares. I'm thinking 12V for safety, I can't see 230V being feasible for something like this. But needs to be weatherproof too.

Anyway, if anyone has done something like this, or has any ideas, I'd love to hear them. TIA

 

[SparkySy]

The last one I did I used an oven lamp assembly, glass screw on front, ceramic base that fitted into a metal ring, the ring was built into the wall with a tube through the insulation for the cable. It took a 15watt pygmy oven lamp, which was more than enough to light the oven!
I used the thermal insulated cable from the lampholder to the outside where I terminated it to a galv conduit box with porcelain connectors and ran HO7 from there to a plugtop.
You can buy the assembly from buyspares I think it is online about £27.
Sy

 

[SparkySy]

Forgot to add if it's already built you may be able to core drill a hole out big enough to fit the assembly in!
It was espares!

E14 Clear Oven Lamp & Removal Tool Assembly - 40W | eSpares

E14 Clear Oven Lamp & Removal Tool Assembly - 40W. Order Now - Next day delivery available!

www.espares.co.uk

 

[Pretty Mouth]

The last one I did I used an oven lamp assembly, glass screw on front, ceramic base that fitted into a metal ring, the ring was built into the wall with a tube through the insulation for the cable. It took a 15watt pygmy oven lamp, which was more than enough to light the oven!
I used the thermal insulated cable from the lampholder to the outside where I terminated it to a galv conduit box with porcelain connectors and ran HO7 from there to a plugtop.
You can buy the assembly from buyspares I think it is online about £27.
Sy

Thanks @SparkySy , that is really helpful! Was the pizza oven located outdoors? And if so, did you have any problem with moisture ingress?

 

[SparkySy]

No problem at all!
Yes it was outdoors but it was under a wooden sort of trellis leant to with a felted roof, the oven chimney came out of the top back of it. So not really exposed to the elements as such and certainly not in direct rainfall.
They have never rang and said it has filled up with water or stopped working so I'm guessing it's been ok, this was about 2 years ago now, just at the start of the lockdown!
Sy

 

[Pretty Mouth]

No problem at all!
Yes it was outdoors but it was under a wooden sort of trellis leant to with a felted roof, the oven chimney came out of the top back of it. So not really exposed to the elements as such and certainly not in direct rainfall.
They have never rang and said it has filled up with water or stopped working so I'm guessing it's been ok, this was about 2 years ago now, just at the start of the lockdown!
Sy

The one I've been asked to look at is uncovered, so the dome of the oven will get direct rainfall. The bricks are inevitably going to absorb some moisture so probably going to get some corrosion on the metal parts long term, unless I can think of a clever way of avoiding it.

A bit of digging online and I found this, similar to the one you linked to, but 12V. I think this would be more resistant to faults due to moisture ingress, avoiding tripping the RCD, plus safer too:

ITALFORNI 86131001 PIZZA OVEN GLASS LAMP / BULB RECEPTACLE WITH LAMP G4 16W 12V - CaterSparesUK

LAMP FITTING & GLASS COVER LENS INC BULB 86131001 VISIT Fixed price listing is for one high temperature oven bulb/lamp fitting & Glass cover lens and bulb found on various models Part Info lamp glass ø 41 mmmounting hole ø 37 mmwire connection length 430 mm Linked Models ANGELO PO Pizza oven...

catersparesuk.co.uk

 

[SparkySy]

Ah yes, definitely a good idea to go 12v then!
The one you link to looks just the job, that is a good solution and I have already saved the link for future reference
Sy