Suggestions on how to secure power cords to ceiling

[kamlung]

with the upstairs finally done and the weather warming up, i am finally getting around to the garage...

i started hanging the drop lights and would like some of your recommendations on how to cleanly tie up the power cords.

in the past i would just zip tie them to the mounting chains and give it enough to just hang to the outlet... but i'd like to see if i could somehow staple them to the ceiling... pics for reference...

 

[sberry]

Don't staple them on, zip tie them to the fixture and hang it to the reept.

 

[PoorOwner]

They sell a square with a self stick on the back
You can put a zip tie through it.
However I never use the self stick. There is a hole in the middle for a screw.

 

[Norcal]

Code prohibits attaching flexible cord to the surface, it is not meant to be a substitute for permenent wiring. See article 400.8..

 

[CJ7VFR]

Code prohibits attaching flexible cord to the surface, it is not meant to be a substitute for permenent wiring. See article 400.8..

What about per this part of 400.7?

Appliances where the fastening means and mechanical connections are specifically designed to permit ready removal for maintenance and repair, and the appliance is intended or identified for flexible cord connections [422.16], but only when used with attachment plugs [400.7(B)].

Would this permit someone for example to put a simple nail in the ceiling, bend it into a "J" shape, and place the cord into it, in order to hold the cord up, but still give you access for maintenance and repair of the lights?

Jim

 

[rcktpwrd]

I have used clips like these https://www.homedepot.com/p/Gardner...lastic-Cable-Clamp-18-Pack-PPC-1525/100158293 to hold a power cord to the ceiling. Just run a small screw right into the drywall to hold it in place...

cable clips would work well too https://www.homedepot.com/p/Gardner...-3-and-12-3-NM-Cables-50-Pack-PR-50/100205494

 

[alfredeneuman]

What about per this part of 400.7?

Appliances where the fastening means and mechanical connections are specifically designed to permit ready removal for maintenance and repair, and the appliance is intended or identified for flexible cord connections [422.16], but only when used with attachment plugs [400.7(B)].

Would this permit someone for example to put a simple nail in the ceiling, bend it into a "J" shape, and place the cord into it, in order to hold the cord up, but still give you access for maintenance and repair of the lights?

Jim

That's more for equipment that needs to be pulled out for daily cleaning and the like.

No place does it say that can be fastened to the structure; quite the contrary. It's required elsewhere in the Code to locate the cord directly above the appliance being fed from the cord drop.

 

[lakeroadster]

i started hanging the drop lights and would like some of your recommendations on how to cleanly tie up the power cords.

"Cleanly"... Ok, here ya go:

Thus you end up with short cords, that look clean, like this:

 

[CJ7VFR]

...cable clips would work well too https://www.homedepot.com/p/Gardner...-3-and-12-3-NM-Cables-50-Pack-PR-50/100205494

These are the clips I use in my garage to keep the shop light cords in place that have to run over to the switched receptacle in the ceiling. My garage ceiling is just open rafters so I don't hammer the clips in all the way so that I can rotate them a bit to get the cord in and out of the clips easily.

Jim

 

[Crazyjake8493]

"Cleanly"... Ok, here ya go:

Thus you end up with short cords, that look clean, like this:

That's what I would do, assuming the lights will be in that spot for a long time. Why worry about the cord mess when it can be eliminated altogether.