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KL400L5 was cut to fit a cabinet. What can I do with the remaining 12 feet? It seems such a waste to throw it out especially when I have 5 more cabinets to light

EP10 catastrophic failures?

My mother and I have been using the EP10 smart outlets around my house for about 2.5 years. They were purchased brand-new off Amazon. Last July (2025), one I used with a 750-watt space heater began tu

KL125 bulbs won’t connect to my wifi network

I bought a 2-pack KL125 bulbs and both refuse to connect to my wifi network. I already have two other TP-Link devices set up on my Kasa app, so I didn’t expect this to be much trouble. Here are the st

Hair around ends of brush

Vacuum is constantly stopping because of minor pieces of hair wrapping around the brush ends. I clean it constantly, but 2 or 3 human hairs and it's stuck

Can't get local smart actions to work with tapo h100

I have the tapo h100 hub, a tapo t110 contact sensor, and a tapo DL105 Smart Lock. What I want to do is very simple. I want to create a smart action if contact sensor is open, and Smart Lock is locked

Tapo S500 Switch randomly turns on or off

I just installed a new S500 Tapo switch and connected it to Alexa. It is my first switch, and I have not programmed Alexa to do anything with it. It randomly turns on and off by itself. It always work