Can I mount my HDTV above my fireplace mantle?
Anut’s World asked:
My friend says there will be too much heat, but my fireplace has an insert that allows the bricks to stay cool to the touch. I also have a blower that blows the hot air out not up. I have a 72″ wide floor to ceiling fireplace chimney. Please give me some advice on this.
My friend says there will be too much heat, but my fireplace has an insert that allows the bricks to stay cool to the touch. I also have a blower that blows the hot air out not up. I have a 72″ wide floor to ceiling fireplace chimney. Please give me some advice on this.
There will still be residual heat that will reach the device and shorten it’s life.
You dont say if you have a plasma or lcd hdtv but here is what I have for plasma…
This information is from the Panasonic site ….
3. Can I mount the TV over my fireplace? As long as the plasma TV will not be exposed to smoke or excessive heat, it should be fine. First, take a thermometer and tape it to the area directly above your fireplace — where the plasma will be. Then build a nice fire and monitor the thermometer for the next hour or so. If the temperature is above 104 degrees F, then the area is too hot for your plasma to be operating. Of course, you could choose to keep your plasma turned off while a fire is burning. In the end, please use common sense. If the area above your fireplace is too warm or exposed to smoke, you probably want to put your plasma TV somewhere else.