Rachio3 periodically goes offline with LEDs dark and unresponive

[K_C]

I feel your pain …see this thread.

Rachio goes offfline/loses power

I can now confirm the same. My Rachio had to be mounted on the outside of the garage wall. While I was able to confirm it had wifi signal, it apparently wasn’t strong enough. I added a 4th mesh access point in the garage to explicitly support my Rachio. That improved the wifi signal by a few bars. Now that Rachio has a stronger signal it does not go offline and has not shut itself down since introducing the new access point. I’m glad I didn’t pay for a new controller since I’m certain I’d e…