On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:02:37 -0700 (PDT), Ron
wrote:

On Sep 12, 12:20*am, wrote:
On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 20:01:42 -0500, "AngryOldWhiteGuy"

wrote:
I'm OK with how to wall mount a flat screen TV - this one will be mounted on
a wall over the gas fireplace - it's a small fireplace with an insert for
the firebox and a metal flue - not a traditional all brick fireplace - what
I'm wondering about is how to hide the power and cable lines behind the
wall - the current cable line comes in through the outside wall about 5 - 6
feet over from where I wanna mount the new TV *- that's where the current
wall socket power outlet is, too. *I can't see getting over horizontally
from the current locations to the new TV - I'd have to cross through the
vertical studs behind the sheetrock.

Any ideas, besides calling a professional?

Thanks!

Heat is the biggest destroyer of modern electronics. *Thats why they
put large heat sinks and fans in things like tv sets, computers, etc.
Even a small fireplace will pump the heat into that tv, and will
greatly shorten the life of the tv, as well as possibly warping
plastic on the case or even the screen. *What you want to do is just
plain stupid. *You have other walls to use, put it ANYWHERE ELSE. *NOT
above the fireplace.

Not that *I* would put a TV over my fireplace, but many people do it.
Do you think this company makes their customers sign waivers before
installation?

http://hdinstallers.com/fireplacetvinstallation.html

The candles on my fireplace mantel have never melted, so it doesn't
get that hot above *my* fireplace.

And just for the hell of it, I placed a digital thermometer just above
my plasma TV and it is putting out 95 degrees. If I tape the
thermometer to one of the main heat vents it climbs to 105 degrees.


It all depends on the fireplace design and all of that, but it still
seems rather risky. Modern electronics would likely last forever if
it was not for heat causing failure. I'd rate heat as the #1 cause.
The other things are lightning and power surges.