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Awesome! Thanks guys. I didn't even now there was a PLM repair thread. I will investigate.

Speaking of CAPS, has any one figured out which component is the one failing? I tested most of the ones I saw dubious but all tested fine. This is a chore since it is mostly SMD, but the one failing has to be always the same since this has been a wide spread problem that has been very well documented for years. One thing I noticed right away was the manufacturing process had left a ton of flux on the board. This can eat up board traces over time. If that is the case, I might as well throw it in the trash right now instead of trying to repair it.

Yes, I heard this from the Tech that helped me try to revive the last one that went out. I had been hoping more leaway had been done by now. I just hope that by the time I need another replacement, the politics had been resolved.

No. I kept the last one in the futile hopes I could repair it on my own. That one has v1.5 in the sticker. The one that replaced that one is about a year old and it says v1.C. I expect that one to go sometime 2016.

I have over 40 Insteon devices throughout the house. I love the inter-operability and control I have over them. If there is one suggestion I have is the weakest point in the entire setup; the PLM. This unit does not last more than 18mos. I am on my third one now. I wish these were build to last longer because when the PLM dies, the entire system is down. Thanks