[eugenebrooks]

With regard to the 8.2 volt bug, all of our ears would perk up if
the 8.2 volt bug resurfaced on the 2007 controller. We had it
persist on our 2006 controller inspite of applying all of the fixes.

With regard to your "bricking" the controller, there are software
failure modes that can hang the controller with the program light
lit, but it is not really in program mode and won't upload a program.
Power cycling it does not help, as it comes back up in the locked
up state each time.
In this case, hold the program button down for four seconds,
none of the lights will change, and then try uploading the program.
It worked for us many times last season.

Eugene