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A smart plug that shuts off overnight is usually a forgotten schedule, a power dip, overload protection, or Wi-Fi trouble. Here is how to find which.

Yes, your heat and AC keep running. Here is what Nest, Ecobee, and Honeywell thermostats keep and lose when Wi-Fi or the internet goes down.

LED and smart bulbs flicker or glow when off because of leakage current, missing neutral wires, or the wrong dimmer type. Here is how to fix each.

Smart device will not connect? Your phone is probably on 5GHz. Here are four ways to get a 2.4GHz-only device onto a dual-band or mesh network.

Yes, smart plugs draw standby power. See Wi-Fi vs Zigbee standby watts and the exact yearly cost at 16 and 30 cents per kWh.

A 1-gigabit internet plan and a 100 Mbps plan will play the exact same 4K Netflix episode without a single

Standby power — electricity your devices draw even when they’re switched “off” — costs the average U.S. household $100 to

Your smart thermostat keeps losing power because it most likely doesn’t have a dedicated common wire (C-wire) delivering continuous 24V

Your smart plug shows “offline” because it lost its connection to your Wi-Fi network or the manufacturer’s cloud server —