Airport Utility won't recognize second Airport Extreme

Hi.
My quite old 500GB Time Capsule is connected to my modem in bridge mode. I have a first A1264 Airport Express connected to the TC to extend the wireless to the living room, which works fine. For about a year, I had a second A1264 Airport Express in the kitchen, also in Extend mode. In September, the kitchen AEx stopped working, was flashing amber, and wasn't being recognized by Airport Utility. After many restarts and reboots, I gave in and ordered a new Airport Extreme, the new flat one. It worked fine for a few weeks and then this week, it hasn't been functioning properly and is doing the flashing amber light thing, and again, I can't see it on Airport Utility.
I brought it into the office, did a hard reset and connect it by ethernet to the TC. The TC reads it, examines base stations on my network and then says "An unexpected error occurred. Try again."
Can someone help me?

I have now solved this problem - my TC was too close to my modem and circuit breaker and the wifi was being distorted by it. I have moved the three elements apart and now everything works fine.
Ho hum.

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