ToPGuNZ Posted June 8, 2010 Posted June 8, 2010 I am going to wall mount my Plasma in a house we are building. I am not sure which wall plates to use for cables. I was thinking of putting in a feed thru plate like this http://www.rapalloav.co.nz/product/1208/FEED-THRU-WALL-PLATES/FEED-THRU-WALL-PLATES/ so then it does not matter what cable is needed or should I put in a HDMI plate or a duel HDMI and component plate? Also there will be optical audio from TV to receiver for sound from inbuilt Freeview, this could go into the feed thru plate or is there a specific wall plate for that? My thinking is that as I have an older receiver that HDMI is a bit hit and miss on (ver 1.1) I wanted the option of feeding this TV (and future ones) what ever cable I want rather than feeding the receiver and relying on HDMI. What if cables change and the HDMI plate no longer works for TV's in a couple of years. My reservation would by how to feed a cable thru the wall using feed thru plates. Any suggestions welcome.
wallop Posted June 8, 2010 Posted June 8, 2010 Go to Jaycars website and have a look at product PS0291. I just got some on the weekend and they seem a good way to go. wallop
nixon76 Posted June 8, 2010 Posted June 8, 2010 Yes, just get the feed through plates. Much less hassle, less connections and less strain on the connectors. If you have 'proper' wall plates, the cables do a 90deg turn in a small place in the wall, and again in the small space between the wall and your plasma. Can be too healthy. This is avoided by the feed thru plates, as long as you have them in the right orientation. If you get conduit setup behind the thru plates (in the wall) it also makes changing wires later much easier. Test mount the mount to your telly and see how/what it obscures so you can best position the feed thru plate. The power point needs to have a dedicted wall plate though - it's illegal to pass that through the wall. The switch needs to be accessable unless there is an isolation switch nearby (like ovens et al have). If things are really tight back there get the sparky to put a right angle plug on the plasma's powercable. [edit] Wallop - they look good!
SpongyP Posted June 8, 2010 Posted June 8, 2010 I've used the feed-thru plates from Rapallo and find them very tidy. I have a double for the TV and single for the projector. Note the cable egress is out the top so you may need to butcher your flush-box to achieve unobstructed cable flow. In the case of the double I could only find a metal flushbox to suit so it was a case of 'butcher'. I'd put a piece of plastic box trunking between the two ends ('no more nails' it to the gib) - I imagine your top plate will need to go upside-down. Also, I had to use kiwi standard wallplate screws (silver head) because the supplied ones (white head) are very short; maybe our gib is thicker than N. American wallboard. The Jaycar brush entry plates look good too; maybe the flushbox flow could work better with these. Or consider gibclips rather than flushboxes. See what your Sparkie reckons.
ToPGuNZ Posted June 8, 2010 Author Posted June 8, 2010 Thanks everyone, much appreciated. I will go with the feed thru plates and pop into jar car in the weekend to look at those ones to see what they are like. Power will defenitely be separate dedicated plug and I will follow the other suggestions as needed.
JonathanP Posted June 8, 2010 Posted June 8, 2010 My 2cents worth Forget the plates all together, ( they will end up in the wrong place) make sure you have large holes drilled through your nogs for your HDMI cable 28mm or larger, seperate hole for the power, ideally 200mm away from the other cables,this isn't always practicle, large hole for the power is also advisable, because I run the supplied IEC cable through the wall, Cut the 3 pin plug off, you need a large hole for the ferite cores that come on most plasma leads, run this to an isolating switch You may need to put in draw wires located behind in a flush box ( this is just an access way to pull your cables) Mount the plasma and drill the holes exactly where they need to be, in most cases the HDMI cable needs to run directly into the wall or it will put a lot of pressure on the connection Then most importantly sit back and admire your new toy
wallop Posted June 9, 2010 Posted June 9, 2010 Mounted my plates last night and they do look a lot better than holes in the wall. You can get a lot of cables through 1 plate as well. Wifes happy so I'm happy. The tv end of a power lead will fit through easily or though the ferrit core on mine would not fit through but it was detachable so just took it off and put it back on after feeding through. I screwed 1 side into a stud and the other into a wall plug. Definitely double check where you put them on the wall as I didn't and found that one of the brackets on the back of the tv hit one plate. wallop
nixon76 Posted June 9, 2010 Posted June 9, 2010 Probably not best to recommend non-compliant things guys re the power cable in the wall. He's doing a new build and he'd be pretty p*ssed if he didn't get his electrical cert or CCC because of it. Oh and conduit is better then (even big) holes in the nogs. Nothing to get caught on then - nice and smooooth.
Ernie1553552694 Posted June 9, 2010 Posted June 9, 2010 nixon76;125124 wrote: Oh and conduit is better then (even big) holes in the nogs. Nothing to get caught on then - nice and smooooth. Yes, good if you need to pull something else through after the fact. It happens more than you think.
JonathanP Posted June 10, 2010 Posted June 10, 2010 My suggestions are compliant as the cable is feeding an appliance not another power point
ToPGuNZ Posted June 15, 2010 Author Posted June 15, 2010 Ok next question is which wall mount for the plasma. I like the idea of tilt and not to slim so that the cable access to ok. Any suggestions for 50" plasma? There are a few on trade me but how do I tell if they are good enough quality? Met the sparkie last night and we have a plan. Just need to see if it fits the budget now.
wallop Posted June 17, 2010 Posted June 17, 2010 I have used SANUS brackets at home for my tv's. Got them from Harvey Norman. Not cheap but very solid build. Some of those trademe ones look pretty flimsy. I would want to have a good look before buying.
nixon76 Posted June 17, 2010 Posted June 17, 2010 Yeah, I'd buy one from somewhere where you can see/touch how solid it is....and that have guarantees..... My one (can't remember brand) can handle the weight of a 60" telly, overspecced for my 50", which is comforting.
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