Television bracket

[Jon B]

Looking at television mounting brackets and was looking for some advice. Know where to mount as provision has been made e.g. connects, thickened wall, rear mounted. Any recommendations on brackets such as easy tv removal, locking, things to check?

[Labby]

I have found that the Avtex range of TV mounting brackets work well .

[Derek Uzzell]

I copied the image below from an advert for a current-model Kon-Tiki 874 (that Jon B has previously referred to) and I've arrowed a TV that, I assume, is in the position Swift intends it to be fitted.

All the Swift motorhome Handbook says about TV brackets is 

TV Brackets

In some models a bulkhead mounted bracket is supplied to mount the TV on. Whilst the bracket has a travel lock it is good practise to unclip the TV from the bracket and store securely for transit.

but I would have thought a Swift dealership should be able to advise on a TV bracket suitable for a 874 model.

Otherwise one of the Swift motorhome Facebook groups would be worth contacting to see if there are Kon-Tiki 874 owners who can say which bracket they've used and its pro and cons.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/4689823807/?locale=en_GB

https://www.facebook.com/groups/478836955537595/ 

Many different motorhome/caravan TV brackets are marketed

https://www.grasshopperleisure.co.uk/tv-brackets-170-c.asp

https://www.amazon.co.uk/motorhome-tv-bracket/s?k=motorhome+tv+bracket

Some will have the features Jon mentions (locking arm(s), quick TV removal, etc) others will not. And the heavier/larger the chosen TV the more important the strength of the bracket and its mount will be.

[Derek Uzzell]

Photos of very recent Kon-Tiki models suggest that where the TV is located on the photo in my last posting is the norm.

It looks (to me) that - for the latest Kon-Tiki motorhomes - a supplementary (strengthening?) panel is fitted there that is missing from slightly earlier versions.

This photo is from an advert for a 24-registered Kon-Tiki 894 with a 348 mileage. There is no extra panel and the TV bracket  is visible.

[GandJP]

When I bought our present Chausson van the previous owner had very kindly removed the sliding tv bracket sited in the bedroom so I had to source a new one, he had used a second tv position and a lift off bracket in the living room section which I didn't want to use. When it came to fitting the new bracket it was obvious to me that the way the original one had been fitted was totally inadequate in that it was using just four screws that penetrated only some 15mm at best into the board that made up the interior walling. It was going to fail that was for sure and would result in either serious damage to the tv or person or both of course so I put another piece of board on the other side so doubling the wall thickness and then used x3 nuts & bolts to fix the bracket, needless to say it hasn't moved. 

[Robinhood]

If you're mounting to an internal wall backed by access to the other side (say a cupboard) where overt visibility is not an issue, then "pronged T nuts" applied to the rear side can form a screw-into mount capable of taking reasonable weight.

You get the bearing capability of two wall sections, and load spread via the flange. No need to use other reinforcement.

A dealer quite satisfactorily used this method on one of my previous vans.

[Derek Uzzell]

This advert shows the type of fitting Robinhood mentions.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/PRONGED-CAPTIVE-BLIND-THREADED-FURNITURE/dp/B08TCBJY8Y?th=1

The other side of the 'wall' on which the TV bracket would be mounted is the toilet compartment, so any fixing that penetrated into the toilet compartment would be very unsightly. 

I don't know how thick the wall is, nor why the 'supplementary panel' in the upper picture on my earlier posting has that particular size or whether it covers any sort of void (or electrical cabling).

[Robinhood]

3 hours ago, Derek Uzzell said:

The other side of the 'wall' on which the TV bracket would be mounted is the toilet compartment, so any fixing that penetrated into the toilet compartment would be very unsightly. 

Which is rather why I added the caveat "where overt visibility is not an issue". The use for my case didn't present such an issue.

As it happens, I think the rear of that wall in the Kontiki is possibly part bathroom mirror, and part bathroom cupboard. I'm not sure that the offset would work, but going through from the cupboard bit just might. (drilling through the mirror patently wouldn't 😉)

[Derek Uzzell]

I now believe I was incorrect when I said "The other side of the 'wall' on which the TV bracket would be mounted is the toilet compartment". 

This video relates to a 2024 Kon-Tiki 874 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms9QoQWwO6Q

and, 11 minutes from the start, the demonstration shows the area directly below where the TV would be located.

 

At around 20 minutes from the video's start, the bathroom's interior is shown and it doesn't look like there's a cupboard or mirror on the bathroom's wall that's immediately to the rear of where the TV would go. However, it is now apparent that the 'supplementary panel' is not fixed directly to the back of the bathroom's wall, so there's no realistic risk of a TV-bracket's fixings penetrating into the bathroom.

(Re-reading Jon B's original posting indicates to me that he knows where and how a TV would be mounted in a Kon-Tiki 874 and all he wants are recommendations for  the most suitable brackets.)