Hey Beav, being an engineer type you realize that no problem fixes itself, but I hear you.
I've had this problem several days/weeks in a row.
I thought maybe the inside temp sensor may be blocked, so I hit it with the shop vac last night, today it appeared to be working fine
But I'm still concerned, if you and others have had a similar problem, I'll rely on your plan of "letting the gremlin get bored and leaving my CC" advice, seams like one of the easier fixes to me.
Anything to avoid taking apart a perfectly good running SVX.