Well, add another to the C7 fixed column.
My 2242 unit suddenly died after about 10 years of ownership. No led light on the front panel at all. I was worried when I saw only the 2245 units and their pretty bad reliability reviews. I also had little interest in re-connecting all the Insteon devices. I almost purchased a new 2242 unit for $70 from eBay. Then I did a quick search and found this thread. I purchased the 47uF/50V capacitors on Amazon for $8 (pack of 50, lol). When they arrived, it took me 15 min to make the swap. The hardest part was getting the original capacitor unsoldered. I crossed my fingers and plugged in the unit. Red light, then blue light. I think that’s normal. Opened the app and all my Insteon devices are still there, humming along. Thank you to everyone participating in this thread. It was very helpful.
I have to give Insteon some credit. This unit has functioned without fail (until now) for 10 years. The hub never needs to be restarted. It just works. To be fair, I had this in a closet cabinet drawer with a fairly warm modem the last couple years. That was probably a bad call on my part. I would pay a decent amount of money for a new unit from eBay if that was the only option, but this saved me a ton of time reconnecting all the devices.
My 2242 unit suddenly died after about 10 years of ownership. No led light on the front panel at all. I was worried when I saw only the 2245 units and their pretty bad reliability reviews. I also had little interest in re-connecting all the Insteon devices. I almost purchased a new 2242 unit for $70 from eBay. Then I did a quick search and found this thread. I purchased the 47uF/50V capacitors on Amazon for $8 (pack of 50, lol). When they arrived, it took me 15 min to make the swap. The hardest part was getting the original capacitor unsoldered. I crossed my fingers and plugged in the unit. Red light, then blue light. I think that’s normal. Opened the app and all my Insteon devices are still there, humming along. Thank you to everyone participating in this thread. It was very helpful.
I have to give Insteon some credit. This unit has functioned without fail (until now) for 10 years. The hub never needs to be restarted. It just works. To be fair, I had this in a closet cabinet drawer with a fairly warm modem the last couple years. That was probably a bad call on my part. I would pay a decent amount of money for a new unit from eBay if that was the only option, but this saved me a ton of time reconnecting all the devices.
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