Where to mount LED driver for ceiling mounted light strip

[markharro]

I am about to plasterboard the ceiling and need to work out how I can make the driver accessible from below in case it fails. From memory I think our electrician had allowed for it to be placed close to where the wiring for our smoke detector will come through the ceiling.......but now I dont understand this logic because the hole for the wiring will not be large enough in diameter to pull through a driver down the line......so I am puzzled about what he was getting on about.

 

I think in another room he mentioned putting the driver near a downlight - that I can see more sense with as the downlight can be taken out and the hole diameter will be wide enough to pull the driver through. I guess with this option you would just need to take care to leave enough slack in the cabling and some way to make sure that the cable passed right above the hole for the downlight.

 

Are there any better options? ie can you get circular plugs the diameter of a downlight that you can fit as a simple access panel? 

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35 minutes ago, markharro said:

I dont understand this logic because the hole for the wiring will not be large enough in diameter to pull through a driver down the line......so I am puzzled about what he was getting on about.

 

Why not? Good smoke detectors come with a fairly large base that can be fitted over a larger hole without issue (or over a recessed junction box)