Views please......

[polo1]

Ok, so here's the scenario. Customer wants to wall mount two flat screen tvs in her kids bedrooms. Arials no problem (drill down through wall top plate, fast fix boxes, done). However power is an issue. As usual, request for the tvs comes after she has decorated both rooms. Spurs from sockets in both rooms can be done, but involves breaking into plasterboard walls to get past dwangs - she's not at all keen.
Alternative is to take two feeds from the u/stairs lighting circuit into two fused spurs, mark them as TV Only and locate the spurs at high level. Would you regard the use of the lighting circuit in this manner as acceptable??????

Regards.

 

[Rauer]

I would not joke about that I found a mirror light in a bathroom spurred of the shower supply with the guy saying what wrong with that then.

Years ago when we got our house I put a socket in the attic and was asked why did you do that 10 years later when TVs were getting put in no probs

I'd rather come off that than the lighting circuit! It will just become a 16a radial

 

[MarkieSparkie]

...Arials no problem...

Regards.

Apart from spelling Aerials mate.

 

[hasel5]

Went to a job a few years back that the guy had wired the shaver points off the ring walked away laughing my head off

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Went to a job a few years back that the guy had wired the shaver points off the ring walked away laughing my head off

 

[polo1]

:dunce2: Aerials, aerials, aerials.........

 

[nickblake]

This my preferred/normal approach......but it involves holes in her newly decorated walls!

if the TV's are going to be wall mounted and you can get into the loft and get a supply up there Be brave if you can get ino the loft above the bedrooms poke a small hole in the ceiling to mark where the TV's are going and drill down to them from above measure the depth and drill into the wall in the bedroom and find the hole bit of flexi conduit through the hole and mount the socket behind the TV job done ,easier if its a stud , care should be taken mind and get the drill verticle lol done it loads of times puts the willies up me every time i do it lol great job when its done mind lol

 

[Resu]

Can you not spur from nearby socket and run cable up existing hole that said socket is fed through and down your nice new one for your aerial?

 

[lockhes]

Can you not get a feed up to loft
maybe via another room or airing cupboard

 

[Adam]

if the TV's are going to be wall mounted and you can get into the loft and get a supply up there Be brave if you can get ino the loft above the bedrooms poke a small hole in the ceiling to mark where the TV's are going and drill down to them from above measure the depth and drill into the wall in the bedroom and find the hole bit of flexi conduit through the hole and mount the socket behind the TV job done ,easier if its a stud , care should be taken mind and get the drill verticle lol done it loads of times puts the willies up me every time i do it lol great job when its done mind lol

OP has clearly stated that it is a stud wall.
The issue is getting the power into the loft from the existing sockets.

Ok, so here's the scenario. Customer wants to wall mount two flat screen tvs in her kids bedrooms. Arials no problem (drill down through wall top plate, fast fix boxes, done). However power is an issue. As usual, request for the tvs comes after she has decorated both rooms. Spurs from sockets in both rooms can be done, but involves breaking into plasterboard walls to get past dwangs - she's not at all keen.
Alternative is to take two feeds from the u/stairs lighting circuit into two fused spurs, mark them as TV Only and locate the spurs at high level. Would you regard the use of the lighting circuit in this manner as acceptable??????

Regards.

Airing cupboards are best route into loft, but can be difficult when they still have tanks and lots of pipework.

 

[Adam]

Can you not spur from nearby socket and run cable up existing hole that said socket is fed through and down your nice new one for your aerial?

After reading other posts, I would guess the socket is fed from below, so they can not get the power cable up through the hole.

I hope you are not serious about suggesting running the power cable throught the nice new hole for coax?

 

[Guest55]

This my preferred/normal approach......but it involves holes in her newly decorated walls!

so what ?
she decorated bedroom and bought tv's so her poor planning shouldnt be a consideration in your electrical design.

 

[Resu]

After reading other posts, I would guess the socket is fed from below, so they can not get the power cable up through the hole.

I hope you are not serious about suggesting running the power cable throught the nice new hole for coax?

Don't see why not? I'm sure the kids wouldn't notice what little interference would be caused in the closeness of the two for what 30-40mm? We're hardly talking full blown 50"+ HD viewing...

Or how about drill hole above existing socket, rod up from socket to loft and drill two holes(!) above new TV location?