Sir, do you know what the little white inserts are for, do I leave them in or take them out?If you have a rear mounted controller you might want to mark the pin connectors to make it easier to see a matching side for easy connecting and unplug it and bring it inside in between smokes to get it out of the humidity. It may last longer. These controllers are failing faster than ever beford. Mount it to a piece of wood. If not , then you have a space to shoehorn the wires into the bottom of the controller.