TV Power
 

Hello All

Just finished mounting my new LCD screen in the kitchen and have the
power/coax running up through the ceiling and under the floorboards to
the office where the power for the TV is plugged into an extension lead
and the coax carrys on into the loft box.
This is temp arrangement until we redo the office. My question is what
would be the best way to wire the TV power, I was thinking maybe I
could break the ring main and install another socket under the
floorboards upstairs but I'm not sure if this is allowed by the regs or
not? Alternatively I could spur from an existing socket upstairs and
utilise a FCU and wire the TV in permanently.

Does anyone have any better ideas. I cannot route the cable anywhere in
the kitchen, already investigated that one.

TIA

Richard

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Hello All

Just finished mounting my new LCD screen in the kitchen and have the
power/coax running up through the ceiling and under the floorboards to
the office where the power for the TV is plugged into an extension lead
and the coax carrys on into the loft box.
This is temp arrangement until we redo the office. My question is what
would be the best way to wire the TV power, I was thinking maybe I
could break the ring main and install another socket under the
floorboards upstairs but I'm not sure if this is allowed by the regs or
not?

You need to have means of isolating the TV near the TV - upstairs
under the floor isn't very handy now is it.

Alternatively I could spur from an existing socket upstairs and
utilise a FCU and wire the TV in permanently.

That's the idea. Spur from the ring main, either at socket, or by
breaking into the ring with a junction box. Run the cbale back down into
the kitchen, put and FCU or socket handy for the TV and connect it to
that. I'd label it to make clear it isn't on the same circuit as the
kitchen sockets
--
Chris French, Leeds

Thanks Chris, why on earth didn't I think of running the cable back
down!!!
I'm just having a blonde moment.......

Cheers

Richard..