roughing-in garage strip LED

[JoeNorm]

Residential Garage. What is the best way to rough-in wiring for 4 or 8' LED strip lights to be installed after drywall. My thought is to leave wiring "dangling" in pretty exact locations to then feed the romex into the housing and fasten in place.

Is this the best way to do it or is there a better way? Thanks I know sometimes people install switch receptacles but I prefer the cleaner look of not doing that.

 

[Sberry]

Problem with recepts is they need gfci now,,, not a super big deal but adds stuff especially if they are on multiple circuits. Back in the day,,, when I was early learnin I was fascinated with hard wire at every turn,,, now,,, I like cord and plug, power strips and 3 ways,,, ha

 

[Little Bill]

I lay out the light locations and mark where the center of the light will be. Then I stub out the NM and staple it to the framing. Then instruct the GC, along with a note on the cable, to tell the drywallers to pull the cable through at that exact location.
Or if I know I can get the lights hung before insulation in the attic, I will coil wire at the locations. Then when mounting the lights I make a hole for the NM and go in the attic (have a helper do this) and push the cable down.

 

[Rick 0920]

Because the common way of supporting these fixtures is with toggle bolts, the fixture is not required to be fastened to a box. If you're wanting to make sure that your cables are stubbed where you want them, use a single gang box and you can cover the box with the fixture without seeing the opening.