What Cable Type For Led Tv Extension?

[Donquixote]

Hi,

I'm looking to wall mount my TV but this requires the power and aerial cables to be run along the walls/ceiling to the power point, which is approx. 7m away. So I need to extend the power cable. Basically, I want to cut the original TV power cable at the plug and splice it onto a length of cable that I can then run to the power socket. But what type/gauge of cable do I need to buy? Many of the ones I have been looking at say that they are designed to be run under plaster and are non-flexible. The aerial cable is a basic coaxial so this is no problem.

Many thanks in advance!

DonQ

[Buenchico]

An LED TV won't be rated at more than about 50W, so that's going to draw less than 1 Amp in current. So 3A flex would be fine. Check to see if your TV uses 2-cored (non-earthed) or 3-core (earthed) cable. Then buy something like this:
https://www.maplin.co.uk/p/round-3-core-05mm-pvc-flex-3a-2183y-hank-white-10m-a21tl

[bhg481]

What I do in similar circumstances is to use a pair of these:

https://www.maplin.co.uk/search/?text=euro+connector

close to the TV. That way, if you get problems with the TV you can easily break the connection to remove it from the wall.