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Recessed 13A socket for behing a flat screen tv.
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<blockquote data-quote="ProDave" data-source="post: 225082" data-attributes="member: 6969"><p>I do quite a lot of fitting flat screen tv's on peoples walls, but todays one presented me with a problem.</p><p></p><p>These tv's are getting thinner and thinner, and to match that the brackets to hang them on the wall are also getting thinner and thinner.</p><p></p><p>So today I fitted the bracket on the back of the tv and it was immediately obvious the gap between the tv and the wall was less than the thickness of the 13A mains plug.</p><p></p><p>In between a rock and a hard place, all I could think of was recessing a standard 13A socket.</p><p></p><p>It was a concrete block wall dry lined with studs and plasterboard, so by screwing a piece of wood to the the wall, then the back box, then the 13A socket, the front face of the socket ended up recessed about 10mm back from the face of the wall which gave <em>just</em> enough clearance once the tv's 13A plug was inserted.</p><p></p><p>Can anyone suggest a better solution? I'm thinking a floor socket flush mounted in the wall.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ProDave, post: 225082, member: 6969"] I do quite a lot of fitting flat screen tv's on peoples walls, but todays one presented me with a problem. These tv's are getting thinner and thinner, and to match that the brackets to hang them on the wall are also getting thinner and thinner. So today I fitted the bracket on the back of the tv and it was immediately obvious the gap between the tv and the wall was less than the thickness of the 13A mains plug. In between a rock and a hard place, all I could think of was recessing a standard 13A socket. It was a concrete block wall dry lined with studs and plasterboard, so by screwing a piece of wood to the the wall, then the back box, then the 13A socket, the front face of the socket ended up recessed about 10mm back from the face of the wall which gave [I]just[/I] enough clearance once the tv's 13A plug was inserted. Can anyone suggest a better solution? I'm thinking a floor socket flush mounted in the wall. [/QUOTE]
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