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Maximum solar wattage for nest doorbell battery?

I know that Wasserstein has a Made for Google solar charging unit with 1.7W output. Does anyone know if there is a max wattage? Live in overcast Midwest and would like to maximize charging if possible. Unfortunately I don't have an existing power sup...

hbo max on my mac with chrome

does anyone know if you can watch hbo max on a mac computer using google chrome. seems i cant get it to work

lek by Community Member
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Nest 3rd gen thermostat calling on hot water when not sheduled?

HiOur zoned hot water valve fires up at random times. We have it to turn on as scheduled which works fine but when it should be off it comes on by itself? The electrician is adamant that it is wired correctly and I had a second guy look at the wiring...

Eamon by Community Member
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Google nest audio not responding

Google nest 2nd gen indoor camera (wired)we are subscribed to google nest plus and recently started having an issue hearing the audio recording when going back into our history to view an event. Why is this happening and how can this be fixed? My vol...

google keeps asking me for the device name

Hey Guys,I have a new LG TV linked to my google assistant.Commands like turn on, or turn off the TV work,Anything slightly more complicated such as "play X on youtube" and i get the following error:"I also need to know which device to use. try saying...

nanomatic by Community Member
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Where's the Nest confirmation email?

Came here to figure out why Nest Cam isn't doing events when on battery. Saw this post (https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Cameras-and-Doorbells/Idle-Camera-No-motion-detection/td-p/54917) which suggests it doesn't do what's advertised as doing a...

karlp by Community Member
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Screencast

I want to use my phone to screencast a video on YouTube. I live in a rural area and have Hughesnet which is super slow. I hate trying to watch something and it buffers more than it plays. Can I setup Chromecast to use my phone's mobile data instead o...

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