Naturally, the Nest can be connected to a home wireless system, allowing you to adjust temperature settings and check daily energy usage through an energy history feature from a PC, smartphone, or tablet.

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To ensure stability and reliability for individual drives, all drives undergo rigorous high-temperature burn-in tests and accelerated usage simulation testing.

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Three dedicated evaporators allow three different temperature settings simultaneously, and a microprocessor senses your "usage patterns" and adjusts defrosting accordingly.

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When it's put through tests that simulate typical vehicle usage-30, 000 starts and stops, sudden accelerations, and temperature and elevation extremes-tiny holes begin to show up in the membrane, reducing the power of the system.

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