Where To Put Electrical Outlet For Wall Mount Tv

Repeat behind the tv on the power outlet.

Where to put electrical outlet for wall mount tv.

In a related article i show how to hide your tv wires for just 10 in fact i later came out with another article and video showing how to do this by using a kit that hides your a v wires and your electrical wiring as well if you re interested in doing this with a kit. The plan was to install a new power outlet behind the tv and install 2 not sure what they re officially called media bo. Measure the distance off the floor to the other outlets in the building. A pig tail splice will need to be made at the existing outlet where all the black wires splice together and an additional black wire is added which will be wired to the outlet.

Through this hole passes any signal cables leading from the equipment rack to the back of the tv. Take off the cover plate held on by the single screw in the middle of the outlet and measure to the hole cut in the wall. So the electrical outlet doesn t get in the way of the tv wall mount bracket. Measure from the center of the existing box location to the center of the desired new box location.

After all the wires are secured fasten both the outlet and inlet to their. Turn off the power in the outlet. Understand that there are some great cut in electrical boxes that can be used in either the wall or the ceiling which will avoid having to open up the wall. Need to add an outlet above or below an existing outlet.

Using the directions strip and tighten the wires onto the power inlet. After we wall mounted our new tv the first thing we had to deal with was all of the ugly wires hanging down. Hiding power cable and hdmi cable for wall mounted tv. Both junction boxes are terminated with nose plates that conceal the junction box while allowing the cables to pop out unimpeded.

After doing this instructable i wanted to make it a completely clean look by eliminating the hdmi cable and the power cable. An outlet sized hole is cut at the height of the outlet toward the base of the wall normally one foot from the floor. Adding an outlet for a wall mounted tv jim only one cable is required to be installed from the existing outlet to the new outlet location. This method does not require mudding taping or painting.

This video explains how to do just that.