AV Wall plates

[tracy]

I am going to mount a HDMI plasma or LCD display above the mantle on my fireplace.

I am framing out the fireplace enclosure with drywall and studs. I want to run my wiring in the wall and terminate in a single or dual gang box. Seems simple although I have never done this before.

Question:

What kind of wall plate/junction box combination should I get?
I assume I will need an HDMI connector?
Also, can I gang together a duplex receptacle for the power cord in the same box? Or should I separate them? I'll run the power from a nearby duplex outlet.

[mikebw]

I have not worked with HDMI before, but a decent quality cable and box would be pretty well shielded against EMI from power wires. But still, as a general rule you don't want to run signal cables parallel to power cables, so keep them separate where possible, but for a short run it might be ok to have them together in a dual box.

> I am going to mount a HDMI plasma or LCD
> display above the mantle on my fireplace.

> I am framing out the fireplace enclosure
> with drywall and studs. I want to run my
> wiring in the wall and terminate in a single
> or dual gang box. Seems simple although I
> have never done this before.

> Question:

> What kind of wall plate/junction box
> combination should I get?
> I assume I will need an HDMI connector?
> Also, can I gang together a duplex
> receptacle for the power cord in the same
> box? Or should I separate them? I'll run the
> power from a nearby duplex outlet.

[dw3]

Provided Link: Carlon split box


It is against code (and not really a good idea) to run power cables and low voltage in the same box.

Carlon does manufacture a split box that is enclosed on one side, and an open mud ring on the other. This will look like a double gang box from the finished side of the wall, but in reality, be a single gange box and a single gang mud ring attached together.

As for the HDMI cable, I would recommend using a wall plate with an open hole in it. then you can just run a pre-terminated cable through.

Hope that helps.
dw

[billschu]

I did the wall plate with the open hole so that I would have one fewer video connection. It doesn't look that great so good thing it is hidden. Maybe I will check out PartsExpress to see if they have any.

Bill

> It is against code (and not really a good
> idea) to run power cables and low voltage in
> the same box.

> Carlon does manufacture a split box that is
> enclosed on one side, and an open mud ring
> on the other. This will look like a double
> gang box from the finished side of the wall,
> but in reality, be a single gange box and a
> single gang mud ring attached together.

> As for the HDMI cable, I would recommend
> using a wall plate with an open hole in it.
> then you can just run a pre-terminated cable
> through.

> Hope that helps.
> dw

[djarchow]

Provided Link: Monoprice hdmi wall plates


> I did the wall plate with the open hole so
> that I would have one fewer video
> connection. It doesn't look that great so
> good thing it is hidden. Maybe I will check
> out PartsExpress to see if they have any.

> Bill

Bill,

Check out Monoprice. They sell an HDMI wall plate that is very nice and under 10 bucks. Their cables are also great values for the money.

Dennis

[dw3]

Provided Link: Decora Insert


Here is an open hole plate that will work with a decora cover.

Put this on the open side, a decora AC receptacle on the other side, cover both with a 2-gang decora cover, and viola!

(I just bought a bunch of this stuff from the distributor linked in the image. I am sure PE sells the same, I just dont know the Part #'s.)

Hope that helps!
dw