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She is getting a new TV and wants it on the wall.

Sky box will be in unit below TV. I intend to add a single socket behind the tv and an outlet for the feed from the stb. To future proof considering burying a piece of 25 or 38 mm square conduit between 2 back boxes so cables can be replaced.

What spacing do I need between the mains and signal cables?
 
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Fit a double socket - you never know when you’ll need it. Handy for a streaming stick.
 
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Go for the 38mm conduit, but fit the most up-to-date cables as possible, should mean it will be a few years till you have to change them
 
To future proof considering burying a piece of 25 or 38 mm square conduit between 2 back boxes so cables can be replaced.

Do you know the future? No one else does.
Suggest you put an aerial socket behind the TV as well. In the future she may get fed up with sky's ridiculous charges.
 
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Go for the 38mm conduit, but fit the most up-to-date cables as possible, should mean it will be a few years till you have to change them
Last one I did was on a disused chimney breast. I core drilled into the flue and ran some of this: https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/conduit/1240028/.
Almost straight away the system was upgraded and when they moved the buyer couldn't believe his luck.
 
Just make sure the socket isn't in the way of the TV bracket & aerial socket. My sister in law had her house rewired & got a socket behind the TV, changed the TV a few months later & the TV aerial socket ligned up with the plug socket & now the TV is offset to the wall centre & looks a right mess
 
Do you know the future? No one else does.
Suggest you put an aerial socket behind the TV as well. In the future she may get fed up with sky's ridiculous charges.
An Ethernet cable to the router would be more use. The bit of the future we do know about is that we will be enjoying super-fast broadband. That will be the medium for broadcast reception. We are on fibre and never now use terrestrial aerial to receive TV.

To future proof considering burying a piece of 25 or 38 mm square conduit between 2 back boxes
Most interconnect cables come with connectors at both ends. Make sure that your cable route is big enough for cable PLUS the connector.
 
An Ethernet cable to the router would be more use. The bit of the future we do know about is that we will be enjoying super-fast broadband. That will be the medium for broadcast reception. We are on fibre and never now use terrestrial aerial to receive TV.
Never seen a TV yet where you just plug in an Ethernet cable and can select channels simply with the remote. Normally there loads of faffing about then the whole thing crashes.
 
Never seen a TV yet where you just plug in an Ethernet cable and can select channels simply with the remote. Normally there loads of faffing about then the whole thing crashes.
No aerial. Just connected to an ethernet cable. I have the same setup at work - no aerial. Depends what you put on your home channel. I can watch any channel I like and that’s on a fairly ancient smart TV. Could even do it with no ethernet but ethernet is a quicker more stable source.

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Minimum 50mm separation is the usual deal, signal cables are allowed in the same containment as power if there's a mechanical divider or the signal cables are rated at or above the mains voltage in the power cables.
Trunking/ducting if you can...
 
We have an Aerial for Terrestrial & Free view channels and Ethernet cable for Netflix. Amazon, Disney & anything else. Had Virgin Media TV but was getting ridiculously expensive with all three products so we binned the TV and Landline package and just have 500 meg download. Although the TV works off wifi I find the Ethernet cable works best streaming stuff
 
If it's anything like my daughter it will want about 4-6 ethernet sockets, 10 power sockets, multiple lighting options and a green screen for one wall.
So plan for the future :)
 

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