Dolphin power supply keeps clicking, cleaner still runs fine

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When we first got the Proteus DX3 three years back I figured it'd just quietly do its thing and it mostly has, no drama like the box says. But the last couple weeks the power supply brick has started this faint clicking sound every twenty minutes or so, like a relay kicking, and the cleaner never misses a beat in the water, still climbing walls and doing its cycle same as always. No tripped GFCI, no error light, nothing. I keep it plugged into an outlet under the lanai roof so it stays dry, cord's not damaged that I can see. Anybody run into a power supply doing this before it actually fails, or is this just background noise these things always make and I'm only noticing it now because I'm out there earlier for my swim. Don't want to wait for it to just die on me. Good luck with it.

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Ours is the Nautilus not the Proteus so cant say if its the same brick, but mine started this ticking sound last summer that id never noticed before and I convinced myself it was fine since the cleaner kept running great, and then one day it just didnt power on at all, no warning, no slow fade. Kicker was the click had been there for probably three weeks before it actually died. Since yours only does it every twenty minutes and not constantly Id still keep a spare on the shopping list just in case, cheaper to plan for it than to have dead robot day with three kids wanting to swim.