My latest “Home Theater” project

That’s a great project. What are you doing for control?

Great job cgsheen! Hope you don’t mind I threw it on the front page. Man i wish that was my setup!!

Thanks Guys!  Mike, don’t mind at all.

It was a pretty inexpensive addition and easily done during construction.  The TV is actually 12 Volt, so I could have just run low-voltage power wiring. 

It’s also THIN so not much room for speakers – they’re tiny.  I was worried about sound, but there’s something about all that tile that makes it sound MUCH better that it actually is…  I have no current plans to add wall or ceiling speakers.

I found a place that makes waterproof keyboards, mice, and remote controls.  (they’re all dishwasher safe!) I’m going to try one of their waterproof universal remotes to see if it’ll replace the MS MCE remote I now have in a ziplock bag!  I found I can put the MCE IR Receiver just about anywhere in the room.  The signal obviously has NO problem bouncing off these walls.

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That’s awesome. I would have thought the high humdity could damage a TV. 

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That was definately a concern of mine!  Mrs. Sheen likes her water HOT!  She really steams up the place.  We’re in Arizona though.  No humidity here so this is about the only time of year “steaming up the place” is an issue.  I don’t know how this would work in the more humid areas of the country.  I’ve been watching closely and so far I haven’t had any condensation on the TV at all, even when the tile, windows, and shower door are all covered with water.

Even if it cuts the life of this TV somewhat, it was only $200, so replacing it a little more often isn’t a hugh drawback.  (although, I really don’t think it has any switches or contacts that might oxidize more quickly with the humidity…)  We’ll see what happens down the road…

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Not sure where you live, but that would never pass our building codes.

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I knew from the minute I posted that this comment was coming…

Here either – nor anywhere for that matter, since there’s a uniform minimum building code standardized across the United States.  

Let me just say:  I urge anyone attempting a similar installation to make sure either they or their electrical professional follow all local building codes during the construction process.

I think you had a bad electrician or different code. I had one installed over the jacuzzi in my old house and it passed inspection fine. As long as you put it on a breaker plug or whatever they call those things you are within code. At least in my state it just states within so many feet of water it has to be a breaker plug. It is no different then having the plug below the tub for the jacuzzi or having the plug outside your house.

Anyone local codes may be different, but there areany high end homes here that builders are putting tvs above the jacuzzi and they are also passing code just fine.

That is a fantastic install!

And I might add, as a professional tile man, the tile job is awesome too.