Prepare New TV Outlet Location

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HOW TO INSTALL A TV OUTLET - DIY TUTORIAL FOR MOUNTED TV

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Carefully pull the wall-mounted TV away from the wall to give yourself working space. Use a fish tape or the new Romex wire itself as a guide to determine the ideal height and horizontal position for the new TV outlet directly behind the television. Take an old work box and trace its outline on the wall with a pencil at the determined location. Before cutting, tap the traced area with a screwdriver to confirm it's hollow and you're not cutting into a stud. Once confirmed, don your hard hat and use a keyhole saw to carefully cut out the traced square, making sure to avoid any wires already in the wall.

Goal: Create an opening for the new electrical outlet box behind the TV.

Tools and materials

Hard Hat Henderson — Protecting head
Keyhole Saw — Cutting the square opening in the drywall
Old Work Box — Tracing the outline for the new wall opening
Pencil — Marking the cut outline on the wall
Safety Glasses — Protecting eyes
Screwdriver Wera — Tapping the wall to check for studs

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there. So, we got our wire sleeve through. I'm just going to pull enough so I have enough wire going up to the TV. So, this should be plenty of wire right here to get to the TV. So, now I'm going to now make a cut. I'm going to pull the TV out. Just like that. A little more. So, now I'm going to make my cut for the TV outlet. So, what I'm going to do is I'm going to take my fish snake. So, I'm going to take my fishnake as a measurement and I'm going to make sure I'm going to be aligned with the box below cuz we're going to go directly above the box. So, here is good. So, that should be about where this outlet's going to go. Then, we're going to take our old workbox, which is right here, and we're going to cut a square. Okay. We're going to trace around the old workbox with a pencil. Just like that. I like to use a keyhole saw. And before I use a keyhole saw, I'm going to use my hard hat because you got to be safe out here. Make sure before you cut with a keyhole saw or anything, you want to make sure you're not hitting a stud. So, right now, you hear that sound? It's like hollow. So, that means there's no stud. So, I'm good to cut. Let's go. You want to be careful when you cut, guys. You don't want to make sure you hit any wires.

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