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Nest outdoor camera installation through wall.
Nest cam iq outdoor is designed to be plugged into an indoor power outlet so you ll need to plan how you ll run the cable through the wall to inside your home.
Write down the camera s serial number and entry key.
These are helpful for troubleshooting.
If you don t have a metal surface that the mounting magnet can adhere to you can install the camera s metal wall plate.
Open the nest app then select settings.
This requires some extra steps which may include drilling through your home s exterior wall.
Then you can stick your nest cam and its mounting magnet to the plate and.
The camera should turn on.
Drilling is undoubtedly one of the best and easiest ways to run security camera wires through walls soffit vinyl siding etc.
Nest cam outdoor is simple to set up and install but there are some things you should plan for.
Don t want to do it yourself.
If you run a cat 5 6 ethernet cable of your security camera you can just drill a hole to run the ethernet cable from the camera to your home router or nvr.
7 8 masonry drill bit.
You can plug nest cam outdoor into an indoor outlet.
Plug the camera power cord into the nest camera and a wall outlet.
If you ve purchased the google.
It s easiest to put a single gang box on the interior side and then use a flexible insert for one of the square switch plates.
You need a 7 8 hole or larger to be able to pass the protected usb connector into out of the wall.