Originally Posted by ken cummings

I went through a couple of similar amber Xenon strobes from Radio Shack. I took them apart and found one of the two terminal wires on a big finger joint sized capacitor had failed in both of them. They were burglar alarm strobes and had not been designed for vibration. I brought one more, opened it, and half covered the big capacitor with clear silicone caulk which set quickly. That strobe has lasted for more than 10 years now. I'll bet something like that has happened to the AllElectronic strobes.