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Nest outdoor camera installation through wall.
If you don t have a metal surface that the mounting magnet can adhere to you can install the camera s metal wall plate.
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.
The camera should turn on.
You can plug nest cam outdoor into an indoor outlet.
Then you can stick your nest cam and its mounting magnet to the plate and.
We ll walk you through the entire process of choosing a loca.
Plug the camera power cord into the nest camera and a wall outlet.
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.
7 8 masonry drill bit.
Drilling is undoubtedly one of the best and easiest ways to run security camera wires through walls soffit vinyl siding etc.
These are helpful for troubleshooting.
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.
Scan the camera s qr code using your phone.
Keep in mind that you ll need to know where any in wall pipes and wiring are.
Nest cam outdoor is simple to set up and install but there are some things you should plan for.
You need something to fill up the rest of the hole after you run the wire through.
Open the nest app then select settings.