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Forums/ Kasa Smart Switches
2022-05-04 20:35:21
Re:HS200 installation - tip needed
@PizzaNinja Sounds like a neutral wire problem, could be your white isn't neutral or you had a loose connection. I've also see the occasional wiring error where someone splits the white bundle to add...
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Forums/ Kasa Smart Switches
2022-03-28 13:22:05
Re:No power to unit
@seanmckeownyoun If the new unit didn't work that pretty much narrows it down to a wiring problem. Very likely the wires aren't doing what you think - often white is NOT neutral in switch boxes. Did...
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Forums/ Kasa Smart Plugs
2022-03-26 13:53:52
Re:Old house, 1 black/ one white wire...
@Smartswitches It's an electrical code violation to connect a neutral wire to ground. It'd be safer to use a smart switch that supports installations where there is no neutral wire.
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Forums/ Kasa Smart Plugs
2022-03-24 13:55:23
Re:Local only
@Stevieruss "buy a Tapo one". That'll certainly eliminate the problem - tapo devices are cloud only and don't have a local control API. So if it's really a network problem you'll lose control of them...
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Forums/ Kasa Smart Switches
2022-03-19 17:25:38
Re:HS200 Hardware Version 5 issues with 2.4GHz
@Bytez Could be they have weaker wifi radios if they're a different version, or have trouble due to their location, or sometimes they may be connecting to the wrong AP if you have multiple. You...
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Forums/ Kasa Smart Switches
2022-03-19 17:17:19
Re:HS200 Local only
@Cstroud I'm not sure why it works (and it doesn't always), sometimes it's that the router is leaking resources/connections and needs an occasional restart when it misbehaves. It might also be that...
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