How to relocate an outlet when wall-mounting a TV | Crutchfield

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You'll achieve the cleanest wall-mount installation when you put an electrical outlet directly behind your TV.
Outlet relocation kits: www.crutchfield.com/i-rYTVc28...
Fortunately, you don't need an electrician to do this for you if you purchase an outlet relocation kit. It'll allow you to place a traditional outlet that fits into the open space on the wall mount bracket, and grabs power from a nearby outlet. Think of it as an extension cord with an outlet attached. In this video, our expert shows you how to install one of these kits and keep the wires hidden for a clean installation.
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@heat1259 4 года назад

Excellent video. Great instruction and very easy to follow. Thanks

@traktion9 4 года назад

Great explanation, one thing is most of the time it wont be an interior wall and you will be faced with insulation and possibly a fireblock. Use a metal coat hanger to fish the wire through the insulation. For the fireblock you will have to make another hole in your drywall to drill through it and then patch up later.

@sid1665 3 года назад

Great Job! you really made that easy. Cool kit!

@lionelwilliams1285 3 года назад

Good video! I like your training style.

@ColeCandler 4 года назад

Good video Norm!

@ricksandoval5304 3 года назад

Great video, Thank you!!

@juliegatesman9501 3 года назад

Great video!!! Thank you so much! This is perfect and just what I was looking for!!

@crutchfield 3 года назад

Glad we can help! Let us know if we can help further! bit.ly/2KP1zS3

@miasma19 Год назад

Fantastic! to the gentleman in the video. Thank you Crutchfield

@crutchfield Год назад

You're welcome! 🙂

@donedeal51 3 года назад

Good video, sir.

@TutorialsFromMyCat 20 дней назад

This is in a cardistry playlist, but I love it. Amazing video, but I do have a. Deck of cards in front of me, and not a tv, so I can’t use this tutorial:(

@KingCoCo 4 года назад

Good on ya Norm

@captainkroo64 3 года назад

Would this work for a plaster wall?

@themaker03 3 года назад

Excellent video. You did a great job in walking through it. I’m going to buy this kit immediately!

@crutchfield 3 года назад

Happy we could help!

@krisramson861 4 года назад

loved it

@crutchfield 4 года назад

Thanks Kris!!

@christopherjay9519 3 года назад

Once you install the relocation kit can you uninstall it from the wall then reinstall it into the wall. Reason being to make it easier to find the cables when dropped.

@crutchfield 3 года назад

You can take the kit back out of the wall if needed, yes!

@yanik8 3 года назад

All of this makes perfect sense and looks simple but, my question is where do you hide the tv’s power cable since it comes out of tv and has to be plugged in the back of tv.

@dertysprite 3 года назад

bury the slack into a loop and tie it up with zip ties or velcro

@coachjasonguyton4355 2 года назад

This is what I needed.

@garu3785 2 года назад

If you have more than one HDMI cable connected to your TV (ie Home theater, Laptop, Xbox, etc) How many HDMI cables can you run through that box. Of course they have to be long enough to connect.

@MrDeseanmoore 4 года назад

Any advice for mounting over a fireplace? The closest outlet is 8' away?

@crutchfield 4 года назад

De Sean, you may want to reach out to one of our advisors for more personalized help. www.crutchfield.com/support/ContactUs.aspx They may need to get you in touch with our AV Design team, if the install is going to be complicated.

@antonioramirez4671 3 года назад

@@crutchfield hi i ordered a power outlet thanks for the videos norm

@josegalendez9699 2 года назад

Can i use that in the 12000btu air conditioner 110 volts?

@crutchfield Год назад

The Helios AS-PWRLODBL does work with an 110V AC wall outlet. You will want to verify with your electrician that your existing port can accommodate the 12000btu unit.

@succatti73 Год назад

Thanks for this amazingly put-together video!!!

@crutchfield Год назад

Thanks! We appreciate the compliment

@kimjah758 4 года назад

I wish the plug had a flat head and wasn’t so big...it can’t work in the space I want it to

@flunder50 3 года назад

How did you determine where to cut? I know it's along the stud but how do you find the right spot? You only get 1 shot to get it right

@tubetop123 2 года назад

Use a stud finder. And if you mess up, repair the hole and try again. Repairing drywall holes is not that hard you can RU-vid some videos

@flunder50 2 года назад

@@tubetop123 I figured it out. I did 3 rooms. After the first one the other 2 took 15 minutes. Great product

@tubetop123 2 года назад

@@flunder50 wow awesome. I guess one can simply open 2 holes and drop wires down without this product?

@flunder50 2 года назад

@@tubetop123 you could but the kit makes it look neat

@lilyg6136 4 года назад

Sooo...this might be a really basic question but what if the wall you want your tv on is on a different wall from the two metal things that connect to the tv or something?? I really don’t even know

@crutchfield 4 года назад

Lily, I am unsure what you are asking. You may want to reach out to one of our advisors for more personalized help! bit.ly/2KP1zS3

@awax9221 4 года назад

Move the 2 metal things “wall mount” to the wall u want your tv on. 😂😂

@eternal7_gaming340 2 года назад

Blessings, what if I’m just plugging the tv cord in the wall can I just install one instead of cutting two holes out?

@crutchfield 2 года назад

If you saying that you will run the TV's power cord in the wall, we do not recommend doing that as their power cords are not in-wall rated. However, if you are saying that you will have a power outlet installed in the wall behind the TV and this power outlet is wired to the home's fuse box, then you would not need two holes for the power; just the one hole. The issue is doing this does not give the opportunity to connect the TV to the same surge protector that the rest of the gear is connected to

@eternal7_gaming340 2 года назад

@@crutchfield no I’m not going to run the tv cord behind the wall. I just wanted to see if I needed to cut two holes too and bottom or just top for the tv cord?

@eternal7_gaming340 2 года назад

Can I just purchase 14/2 Romex wire, duplex outlet and outlet wall plate and run these things to the bottom outlet that’s already in my house?

@crutchfield 2 года назад

We recommend checking with an electrician in your area to make sure that would not violate any local ordnances. While that install may be possible to do and sounds like it could work, it does create the issue of not being able to connect the TV to the same surge protector as the rest of the gear is on. And that could lead to a voided warranty and no added coverage on the electronics.

@PursueAndObtainKnowledge 2 года назад

When I try to put the wire through it hits something that looks like a 2x4 that's horizontal

@crutchfield 2 года назад

Sounds like you may have run into additional bracing. You may want to double check this and reconfigure your installation.

@tobe1359 4 года назад

I’m not good in anything about electricity...but I just want to know, what is the difference between running only the original power cable from the TV behind the wall without using those 2 outlets..I know there is a code that you don’t supposed to do that for “fire hazard “ and the insurance won’t cover that in case of fire. But doing the installation that you just did ...is not the same? Or not? Please explain. Thank you!

@crutchfield 4 года назад

In-wall rated wires have a extra insulation and shielding that helps mitigate the risk of heat, fire, or shorting out behind the wall of your home. the original cord does not have the same level of protection.

@cookiemonster6570 3 года назад

This work on a TV over the fireplace?

@crutchfield 3 года назад

It would require the cutting of your walls, and likley drilling through studs to run wire horizontally past studs. This works best when the outlet is directly below or above the new spot.

@nymincho Год назад

Yeah I just bought 12 gage wire and moved the outlet up. Covered the the old hole with a plate. Easy peasy

@crutchfield Год назад

It is always nice when you don't need to plug other gear into the outlet and can do that relocation! Do you use no other gear with it? Or is that gear elsewhere in the room/home?

@nymincho Год назад

@@crutchfield I thought about leaving the bottom outlet but instead I placed two outlets above just in case I need to plug something else in.

@crutchfield Год назад

Great planning! 👍

@jasonkilley 3 года назад

This is great, but I need to cross over studs...not going straight up...

@crutchfield 3 года назад

That will require significantly more work, and cutting, and drilling.

@Mr.B.man. 4 года назад

Is this up to code?

@Mr.B.man. 4 года назад

Thanks for the quick response

@crutchfield 4 года назад

All wires are correctly designed and rated for their intended us. This would be up to code, yes.

@Doomsday604 5 месяцев назад

I know this old but someone else might see it. This is definitely not up to code you cannot run a power cord behind drywall like that

@sethzwickel8477 4 года назад

So does this also work for a wall that does have insulation?

@crutchfield 4 года назад

It should work, but you would have to make a patch through the insulation. it would be a bit more work

@joshmtown 3 года назад

It’s easier to just mark the tabs in plate

@hotshots10u 8 месяцев назад

The hardest part of the entire job you didn't have to do, and that's fishing the wires. Nobody ever shows the best way to do that. Otherwise, thanks a bunch for the video. Those kits are pretty nifty.

@crutchfield 8 месяцев назад

You're welcome! Running the wiring does tend to be the most involved part for most installations. Hope yours goes well. What are your installing specifically?

@hotshots10u 8 месяцев назад

@@crutchfield I'll be doing a job like this to install a new TV on the wall in my home office. I do really appreciate how detailed you were in your video. Thanks again

@crutchfield 8 месяцев назад

You're welcome! Enjoy your new TV.

@user-qb3lo4zs4y 6 месяцев назад

Just a an electrician to put you an outlet behind the tv

@markos2743 2 года назад

GREAT VIDEO BUT, TO ME THAT IS ALSO A DIRTY LOOK TO HAVE A CORD TO ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER. I rather pay and get a new outlets installed behind tv so I can get power straight from there.

@Lazarus007 4 года назад

Ok, now show us how to professionally do it. So you don't have a cord hanging out of the wall below the tv... For people that don't have a tv stand that they put under their mounted tv...

@MichaelStephenLau 3 года назад

Yeah the only reason anyone should every consider this system is if you need to move your cabling laterally past studs, and the idea of going up, through the top plate and back down the wall is too cumbersome or impractical. As you can see here, he had no such requirement. Just run it directly through the wall like he already is doing with a true new receptacle wired in the circuit (he doesn't show). Plus, you go from 2 to 3 available outlets with his ugly method as opposed to the potential for 4.

@pjo113 3 года назад

Wouldnt doing it this way allow one to use a surge suppressor which is more ideal with sensitive electronic equipment, rather than leave it unprotected using a standard outlet?

@kenpappas9520 3 года назад

So you just hid wires behind the TV by cutting two holes and how have wires showing at the bottom? Not a solution to HIDING wires.

@MrPhins 3 года назад

The top wires/outlet are hidden by the TV. The bottom wires are hidden because you'll have an entertainment center or some type of stand where your audio/video gear sits. Try to think it through.