unused cable

[chrisrp105]

I am about to install an LED security light on an outside wall and will have a cable surplus after it is wired into a junction box which will be attached to the wall my question is can, I coil the excess cable and leave it loose or can I coil it around the light itself keeping well away from the heat of the light I do not want to cut the cable as it may be needed to go through the wall

 

[thomp1983]

Coil it up and cable tie it back to the fixed wiring, regularly done with industrial cabling where it's known as a service loop

 

[blup]

Leave enough to go through the wall, and connect inside at the appropriate time.

 

[mattylad]

Just make sure that where it enters the junction box, the entry is from below, so there is not a path for water to flow down the cable into the box.