Mounting Plasma 15cm away from wall

[dotBlue]

Hi Guys,

I'm about to purchase a 42" PX60 which is to be wall mounted.

However, the built in 'unit' in my living room is too deep and not strong enough to take the weight of a table top stand.

Is it possible to wall mount the screen 15cm away from the wall (brick chimmney breast)... maybe by fashioning some sort of platform with MDF and battons which the screen can be mounted on?

Any help would be appreciated!

Cheers,

dB

[Joe Fernand]

Hello dotBlue

You could use an 'articulating arm' type mount - if you go with a 'double arm' mount the Display can be pulled forward of its normal 'rest' position which can make life a lot easier when trying to get at cables and connectors.

The further you hang the Display 'out' from your wall the more stress your putting on your wall - if your unsure about what your wall will take you should seek professional guidance on the suitability of the chimney breast for hanging a Display.

Best regards

Joe

[dotBlue]

Thanks Joe... i think thats definately the way to go!

I had a look at the articulating arms.. but they seem expensive... especially since i get the wall mount with the PX60.

The cheapest i've seen is £160 for this one:

http://www.lektronicswarehouse.co.uk...4&&category=42

Can anyone recommend any others?

My plasma bracket is made out of two lengths of slotted angle (as used for steel shelving), bolted to a chimney breast with big Rawlbolts. Two more bits on the back of the screen hook onto M8 bolts clamped on to the bits on the wall with double nuts. Total cost about five quid.

Disadvantages: not a tilting mount & total thickness about 6cm.

To make it 15 cm from the wall, I could add some thick ply stand-offs (or steel if I could weld).

As Joe says, the further from the wall the bigger the load. Equally, the closer together top and and bottom wall bolts are, the bigger the strain. One advantage of a DIY mount is that you can make it taller on the wall to reduce the loading, and put double bolts at the top (if it's going to fall off the wall, it will be the top bolts that pull out).