Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Mar 27, 2009 11:49 am Can you put an LCD Television mounted on a shelf or mantle above a REAL WOOD combustion fire that is bricked into the wall? Wondering...what are the repercussions?!?! Building our FIRST HOME - M3tricon Santorini 29 on 2 acres just West of Warrnambool Re: LCD TV above a REAL wood fire? 2Mar 27, 2009 12:02 pm Found this on a website... There are a few precautions to take before hanging a plasma/lcd screen TV over your fireplace. First, take a thermometer and tape it to the wall above the mantel, in the place where the plasma TV will reside. Then build a fire, and let it roar awhile. Now, check the thermometer. If the temperature is above 90 degrees F, then the area is receiving too much heat -- either escaping from the front of the fireplace and rising up the face, or radiating through the chimney to warm the outside wall -- for a plasma/lcd TV to hang there without receiving some modicum of residual damage. It would not be advisable to run the plasma/lcd TV for a long period of time while its environment is this hot. Though the Plasma/lcd TV has its own cooling system, the surrounding heat will force the Plasma/lcd display to work harder to cool itself, thus shortening the overall lifespan of the unit over time. A Plasma/lcd TV may still be run for short periods of time without harming the unit (even with the environment heat at 90 degrees F or above). If the plasma/lcd display is not turned on while a fire burn in the fireplace, then the unit will not be harmed at all even though the temperature surrounding the unit may be warm. Of course, this might not be an option for people living in places where winter lasts seemingly forever, and fires are an everyday fact of life. In such cases, you should be advised to monitor the amount of heat your plasma/lcd display is exposed to while it is running. Check the link below. http://www.plasmatvbuyingguide.com/plas ... place.html Wisdom Homes Manhattan 39 Blog - https://edmondson-park.blogspot.com.au H1 Thread - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88210 We are tossing up between a Jarrahdale radiant wood fire (the Pioneer) and a convection wood fire (Innovator or Countryman) but cannot decide on which type of wood fire is… 0 5249 Need some advice. Living in a townhouse with one common wall, recently we have discovered that the fire separation wall is incomplete and on further investigation, support… 0 3855 Not back peddling at all. You seem to have issues with comprehension my friend. Guy fcked up, he's considering being dishonest with his bank and hiding it. It will end… 21 14252 |