About to start construction on a house.

I will have a 20'x14' HT room. Need to prewire the ceiling outlet for a projector that I don't own yet......

How do I decide where to put the outlet for the projector?

Many thanks,

About to start construction on a house.

I will have a 20'x14' HT room. Need to prewire the ceiling outlet for a projector that I don't own yet......

How do I decide where to put the outlet for the projector?

Many thanks,

Always a tough question to answer ahead of time TW. If you can, best to try and narrow down to a few PJs you're considering...think about screen size and PJ placement...and then go here http://www.projectorcentral.com/projection-calculator-pro.cfm and take a look at the throw.

Chances are, different models will have different throw distances, but if you need to hedge your bet, find a common ground as best you can and plan to mount there; your PJ should have zoom enough to allow you to work within a range of acceptable distances.

CD

how about planning for multiple locations.


put blocking at 10' 12' 14' 16' and have the conduit with T's at each location (point them sideways) or some sort of closable access hole?

how about planning for multiple locations.


put blocking at 10' 12' 14' 16' and have the conduit with T's at each location (point them sideways) or some sort of closable access hole?I'm with him. Just put blocking in a few places and(if it's accessible form the attic space) just have a big junction box in the ceiling with a lot of extra romex inside. When you're ready just relocate the box wherever you need it.

Thanks, I like the idea of multiple blockings along the center-line of the ceiling.

As has been mentioned plan your wiring and conduit to serve the whole range of potential locations. Keep it all above the drywall. Then once you know the final location you can cut holes for a couple of old work boxes and reach up into the ceiling and bring all your wiring down.

As has been mentioned plan your wiring and conduit to serve the whole range of potential locations. Keep it all above the drywall. Then once you know the final location you can cut holes for a couple of old work boxes and reach up into the ceiling and bring all your wiring down.

Thanks Mr. mouth.

Appreciate the wisdom.

I had the same issue. I posted info in my thread here:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14293904#post14293904

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14479491#post14479491

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14481297#post14481297

I am using a powerbridge solution, so I just ran the wire along the cavity where I'll mount the projector, and left the other end disconnected from the circuit. I ran HDMI and Component in the same cavity. When I find the final location, I'll have a backing plate to mount the projector to, cables ready, power ready, and a conduit in case I need it.

Good luck.

CJ

I am also deciding on this issue. The biggest problem I see with the multi-outlet conduit thing is trying to figure out there the holes are after the drywall is up. I have one idea for this though, which has come to me as I am typing this. You could get a big piece of cardboard and before you put the drywall up, make a template (using the cardboard). Then keep that template around for furture reference.

As long as you keep it up off the drywall a bit you can be off +/- six inches and just reach up in the hole you cut for the old work box. It doesn't have to be directly over the box. You should slice your ceiling insulation along the length of the conduit during installation so that when you get ready to use the conduit you can "part the seas" so to speak and get access to the conduit. You can pull this off with just one conduit outlet per joist bay located in the middle of the joist bay.

Alternately you could just put up the conduit and slice it when you get to that step and shove the remainder back a bit.