Can I trust these VESA mount bolts?

[AsianriceX]

TV: Olevia 437V (~50lbs without stand)
Stand: Can't find many details on the make/model through Google

So way back when Circuit City was going bankrupt, I purchased one of those fancy TV stands that has a metal spine to which you can mount your TV. Nowadays, most TV stands that can do this typically look like they simply welded a Monoprice mount to the metal spine and called it a day.

My particular stand has two separate vertical hangars/bars that attach to the VESA mounting holes on the TV. The hangars have hooks/tongues that fit into the groove of a horizontal rail that is bolted to the metal frame of the stand.

My concern is with the bolts that came with my kit. If the manual is to be believed, I used 4x16mm bolts to attach the vertical bars to my TV that has a 200x100 pattern. Everything seems snug and the TV has been sitting on the stand for the past half hour.

I just have horrid visions that the TV will come crashing down due to some cheap bolt shearing off. The fact that the shelf underneath it is made of glass doesn't help either. I've never used VESA mounts on a TV before so please tell me I'm being paranoid and that these skinny bolts are more than capable of keeping that load suspended...

 

[slashbinslashbash]

It should be fine. Your TV is a static load. It's not like you're hanging your kids off of the TV from time to time, or banging on it with a hammer, or setting it outside to be blown around by the wind. It stays in one place, so there's no extra forces acting on it besides constant gravity. As long as you did not over-tighten the bolts, and as long as there are 4 of them (that's only about 12lbs per bolt), and as long as they're some sort of steel, they should be fine. I bet that the bolts themselves are strong enough to hold a 50lb load each. 4 of them = totally safe.

 

[sdifox]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesa_mount

 

[dfuze]

I had the same horrid vision the first time I hung my tv, I was pretty nervous about it. As long as you use the bolts they give you for the wall hanging kit and go into studs there is nothing to worry about. Maybe if the tv's weighed close to the old CRT I'd still be worried, but even my 42" plasma is only like 30lbs.

 

[AsianriceX]

Thanks for the votes of confidence.

I'm not sure what material the bolts are made from, but the ones I used have a dull finish and are pretty light so I was thinking they were just aluminum. I got them snug to the brackets, but not so tight that they would bend the washers I used.

After sleeping on it, and subsequently leaving the TV hanging on the stand overnight, I've deemed it too good looking to reattach the base and having it sit on a regular stand.

 

[0roo0roo]

failure point tends to be any poor wall anchoring

 

[Modelworks]

failure point tends to be any poor wall anchoring

True. A large plasma screen smashed on the floor with the drywall still attached is a funny site. The anchor bolts held , too bad the drywall didn't !