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[Robb1e]

Hello members.

Some advice/opinions would be great if you can help.

I have a large media setup at home which entails a lot of plugs and sockets which leaves an unsightly "clump" of plugs on the floor. Is there anything new that you have seen or could recommend that I could use instead of the generally obtrusive extension leads? Obviously something that didn't require the plugs would be brilliant and clearly cut down the size of the "clump" but simply cutting the plugs off and wiring them all into a junction box would certainly be frowned upon, lol.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Andy78]

Get some more sockets installed behind the media setup ?

 

[Octopus]

One of these:

Electrical Products - MK Multi-Media Sockets

Never installed on though so sorry I can't comment on it from experience

 

[Robb1e]

Get some more sockets installed behind the media setup ?

Hi Andy78,
I can't really do that as it's a tv mounted on a concrete wall with an AV Receiver below it and a sub woofer and a PC below that. All the cables are hidden in trunking neatly down from tv/av and along skirting trunking for speaker wires. It all congregated at base of tv location and I have to use a large extension lead (10 socket) which is unsightly. Somehow doing away with plugs would be more tidy.

 

[Midwest]

I have an av extension lead, deviously hidden by my av cabinet. The av extension lead has clips, so it can be fixed to the wall.

 

[Sparky_Steve]

a bank of switch fused spurs with flex outs?
or the option id use get a bigger tv/unit so you can't see behind

 

[Robb1e]

Thanks for all your replies so far folks.
The setup is as minimal as possible. There are no cabinets or units at all. Just a tv on the wall, a very short length of trunking, a floating glass shelf, another floating glass shelf, and then another small length of trunking to hide wires which are going behind the subwoofer to the floor.
It's THERE that all the plugs are, approximately 8 in total. 8 plugs require more space than 8 smaller connections/plugs/etc.

Murdoch, your link is good however there are not enough plugs on this and every other cable that would go into this is already hidden and connected via the trunking/conduit. That item is pretty much what I already have at the base but it has ten 13amp sockets on it which is too bulky.

I may have to go down the route of disconnecting everything and replacing all the power cables with longer ones so it all plugs in away from the media location. This will void many warranties but possibly no other choice guys.

 

[Leesparkykent]

3 Compartment Cavity Floor Box | QVS Electrical Wholesalers a couple of floor boxes sunk in to the floor.

 

[NDG Elecs]

One of these:

Electrical Products - MK Multi-Media Sockets

Never installed on though so sorry I can't comment on it from experience

Wouldn't fancy chasing out that bugger!

 

[Octopus]

Wouldn't fancy chasing out that bugger!

Me neither but an easy job in a stud wall!

 

[Robb1e]

3 Compartment Cavity Floor Box | QVS Electrical Wholesalers a couple of floor boxes sunk in to the floor.

Interesting. Why did I not think of just running the extension under the floor and dropping the cables straight down at the skirting edge?
Access would be awkward in any future access though.

 

[Leesparkykent]

Wouldn't fancy chasing out that bugger!

Get the apprentice on that 1 ;-)

 

[ferg]

Perhaps a grid arrangement With fcu's and flex outlets.

 

[Richard Burns]

What power leads does the kit come with, are they unpluggable from the kit or direct wired?
If they are IEC, clover leaf or figure 8 connections then they can be fed from an IEC distribution block, which would look a lot neater, with appropriate adapter cables to the kit, or you could change all your plugs to IEC plugs instead. You can also get IEC splitter cables up to three ends.

 

[Robb1e]

Pretty much all are hard wired