Re: Suddenly Dead MC460?

[David White <whitedavidp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob F wrote:
> David White wrote:
>> This unit is perhaps a little over 2 years of age. It has worked just
>> fine for that entire period. However, today it seems to have stopped
>> working all together. When I press any on/off rocker button, I see the
>> little red light blink. But nothing happens on any X-10 device in the
>> house. I have moved it to several other outlets to test with the same
>> results. Other units of the same or similar model work fine. Is this
>> thing trash or is there some common issue that I might be able to fix?
>> Thanks.
>
> A large capacitor in one of my older controllers died, causing similar symptoms.
> Replacing it ixed the unit.
>
>
Thanks Bob,

I have opened my unit up and see it is a pretty simple board. Can you
tell me if there is some simple way, with my Vohm meter to test for a
bad capacitor? Perhaps you recall which one it was that you had to replace?

David