flat screen tv help.

[lat1]

a customer has a new flatscreen tv mounted on the wall, and there is a 1' gap between the bottom of the tv and the top of the stereo cabinet with all of the sat. and stereo equipment in it. she wants me to hide all of the wires hanging between the tv and cabinet. i routed all of the LV cables thru the wall but now i need to deal with the power cord. right now the tv is plugged into a fancy power conditioner(?) in the stereo cab., so my plan of adding a regular outlet behind the tv wont work.
is there some kind of male plug head that i could mount in a receptacle box and fish a wireup to a regular receptacle behind the tv, and then use a patch cord with 2 female plug ends to connect the power conditioner to the tv outlet?
i know there are ways to do this but i am stumped......

 

[aline]

This may be what you're looking for.

http://www.vanco1.com/publish/posts/6/rapid-link-power-inwall-power-kit-by-vanco-international.html

http://www.beachaudio.com/Vanco/Rl1...m=cpc&utm_campaign=rl121224wh&utm_content=atr

 

[wireperson]

I would install a surge protected receptacle behind the TV , Home Depot sells those made by Leviton at 30 bucks, they are not recessed tho.

 

[iMuse97]

Two comments:
1. Their "power conditioner" is probably primarily for the audio and video signaling/transmitting/receiving equipment. The screen is an "end user" (so to speak), and therefore not as critical a component needing the clean power. So I think you could probably convince them to go with the surge-protector receptacle mentioned previously. Get a deep enough box for that thing.

2. Good luck. I've done a few of these retrofits and they are all a challenge.

 

[Sierrasparky]

Leviton makes a recessed box that U can use. Place the surge outlet ahead of the flat panel outlet and protect both.

 

[quogueelectric]

Leviton makes a recessed box that U can use. Place the surge outlet ahead of the flat panel outlet and protect both.

This is the perfect solution and leviton sells a recessed outlet for behind the tv. Pray for no cats in the walls.

 

[Sierrasparky]

The box is from leviton. It works pretty well, has a loVo divider

 

[electricmanscott]

Some good products for the application here...... http://www.panamax.com/Products/In-Wall/Default.aspx

 

[CarlAshcraft]

This may be what you're looking for.

http://www.vanco1.com/publish/posts/6/rapid-link-power-inwall-power-kit-by-vanco-international.html

http://www.beachaudio.com/Vanco/Rl1...m=cpc&utm_campaign=rl121224wh&utm_content=atr

The product made by Vanco that is linked in the abouve quote, is an excellent solution for what you are looking for. We have used this device on many occassions for exactly what you are describing. The way it works is similar to an extension cord, but it has romex or mc connecting the two boxes togehter.

 

[aline]

The added benefit of using one of these and plugging the customer's tv in into his power conditioner is that if something should happen to his $5,000 plasma tv he's not going to be able to say it was because you didn't have it connected to his power conditioner.

http://www.vanco1.com/publish/posts/6/rapid-link-power-inwall-power-kit-by-vanco-international.html

 

[electricalperson]

i always install receptacles behind the tv. i think they make TVSS receptacles you can use. i cant imagine power being dirty inside of a house unless theres other things on the poco's line

 

[Sierrasparky]

i always install receptacles behind the tv. i think they make TVSS receptacles you can use. i cant imagine power being dirty inside of a house unless theres other things on the poco's line

You'd be surprised how dirty our power is. I have UPS on all the computers and the Flat panel. At least once a month the UPS logs a hit or a brown out.

 

[electricmanscott]

Here's an option I ran into recently. The AV installer had me install a receptacle in the basement under the area of the new TV. What happend next I have no idea.