Why does my Kinect keep going through power down/up cycles then stop

"I just bypassed the j11 thermal fuse that had blown back in 2015 not long after my post, I needed it badly so I just figured I would solder 1cm of some 8amp 2.7mm auto cable to replace/bypass the thermal fuse and it's worked ever since.

Now before you say it, yes I know what the risks were frying my kit, I am an experienced registered domestic electrician and an ex Royal Navy marine engineer, It was just supposed to be a temporary measure.

But let me tell you this my Kinect 2.0 hasn't just worked, it has excelled!

It has rarely ever been powered down, and it has for years now done 6 hours a night every night of hard hard work on twitch

Replace it with the correct fuse if you can find it, but just to let you know mine has been fantastic."

"No I am not.

I bought a second hand Kinect 2 from ' webuy' which arrived this week. So far this seems to be working fine which suggests it is a fault in the Kinect.

as my Kinect was a couple of weeks out of warranty I would of had to pay to get it fixed, which would have been £50 and then I'd get 3 months warranty. Buying a second hand one from webuy (which is not as old as my own) was only £35 and that comes with a 12 month warranty...so now I have a spare Kinect. I may open it up to see if it were something trivial, like a loose wire, but I don't have much of a clue with electronics."

"i have to strip mine and test the fan and fuse, but i dont mind if its not an identical part, plus if i cannot find the correct fuse i may try and bypass this completely and go for broke,

ive not used it for 6 month now so its not a problem if i break it, i just want to tinker"

I have this problem too, first i replaced a new fan ,but it didn't work, then i think it was the temperature control unit, i had no idea to fix the temperature control unit,so i cut the blue and yellow lines on the fan,Although it is not perfect,but it work. side effect the fan always on unless power off.