# Is my Homey "dead-ish" or is z-wave transmission power very low?

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**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Created:** [September 17, 2018, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-my-homey-dead-ish-or-is-z-wave-transmission-power-very-low/1807 "2018-09-17T17:11:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 21, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-my-homey-dead-ish-or-is-z-wave-transmission-power-very-low/1807/18 "2018-11-21T20:00:05Z")

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Same experience here. As I wrote earlier in this thread before it was locked.

> [@Random z-wave behavior](https://community.homey.app/t/random-z-wave-behavior/4313):
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> I have just installed a Homey together with 6 Telldus Mini Plug-in switches. But I have some issues that makes the entire setup wothless. After some trial and error I figured out that the switches had to be 'centimeters" from the controller for the pairing to work. But when everything finally was paired and placed I cannot get the switches to work consistenly. For example, when I run a flow to turn on the six switches it sometimes works, but mostly one or two random switches never toggle. My…

Starting to regret not reading this forum before buying a Homey… ☹

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