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Is this safe and legal? Wall mounted TV and existing power sockets
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<blockquote data-quote="ProDave" data-source="post: 491476" data-attributes="member: 6969"><p>For a start in a stud wall you will find you can only drop it down vertically, you can't run it horizontally a long distance without drilling through the upright studs which may be at either 400mm or 600mm centres.</p><p></p><p>Next is "safe zones" which dictate where you can run a cable. Put simply, once you have put a socket on the wall, you can only run the cable vertically or horizontally from that socket within the width of the socket. No going at odd diagonals etc.</p><p></p><p>Often in a bedroom it is easiest to just take the cable vertically up into the loft, accross the loft and either find an existing suitable circuit to join to or bring it down from the loft to the socket you want to join it to.</p><p></p><p>Your other enemy will be the wall may have horizontal noggins half way up that stop you simply dropping a wire down the gap.</p><p></p><p>If you want to do a temporary job until you can get someone to do it properly an extension lead on the surface in a bit of mini trunking is probably the safest thing you can do. There is no such thing as "wall certified"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ProDave, post: 491476, member: 6969"] For a start in a stud wall you will find you can only drop it down vertically, you can't run it horizontally a long distance without drilling through the upright studs which may be at either 400mm or 600mm centres. Next is "safe zones" which dictate where you can run a cable. Put simply, once you have put a socket on the wall, you can only run the cable vertically or horizontally from that socket within the width of the socket. No going at odd diagonals etc. Often in a bedroom it is easiest to just take the cable vertically up into the loft, accross the loft and either find an existing suitable circuit to join to or bring it down from the loft to the socket you want to join it to. Your other enemy will be the wall may have horizontal noggins half way up that stop you simply dropping a wire down the gap. If you want to do a temporary job until you can get someone to do it properly an extension lead on the surface in a bit of mini trunking is probably the safest thing you can do. There is no such thing as "wall certified" [/QUOTE]
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