Every time I have a power outage, when power is restored one or more of my wired Insteon switches, dimmers or keypads fails... i.e. dead. Reset etc does not work.
After another failed keypad and another $80 to replace it, I decided to dismantle the keypad to see what failed. I discovered a destroyed 470uF 35V capacitor and burn marks where the live, neutral and load wires join the PCB.
Is this a known "weakness" or am I just unlucky. I do have a whole house surge protector installed.
Interestingly its only keypads, switches and dimmers that are impacted. Outlets are fine.
With a failed capacitor is it likely that the dimmer is toast, or does a $0.50 replacement capacitor fix the dimmer again?
Thank you for your advice.
After another failed keypad and another $80 to replace it, I decided to dismantle the keypad to see what failed. I discovered a destroyed 470uF 35V capacitor and burn marks where the live, neutral and load wires join the PCB.
Is this a known "weakness" or am I just unlucky. I do have a whole house surge protector installed.
Interestingly its only keypads, switches and dimmers that are impacted. Outlets are fine.
With a failed capacitor is it likely that the dimmer is toast, or does a $0.50 replacement capacitor fix the dimmer again?
Thank you for your advice.
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