SATCO Lighting 80-965 32 in. Linear Rough-in Plate for 32 in. LED Direct Wire Linear Downlight

The Satco 80-965 is a 32 inch linear rough-in plate made to pair with Satco's 32 inch LED direct wire linear downlight. It is the mounting frame you install during framing or ceiling prep so the downlight drops into a finished opening later. The plate itself is not a light source, so it does not produce any output on its own.

No. The 80-965 is sized for the 32 inch LED direct wire linear downlight only. If your fixture is a different nominal length, you need the rough-in plate matched to that length, since the plate's opening is dimensioned to the 32 inch fixture.

Metal. That matters for ceiling work, since a metal plate holds its shape when it is screwed to framing or hat channel and will not flex or warp the way a molded plastic frame can while drywall is being hung around it.

A rough-in plate is intended for new work, where you can get at the ceiling cavity and fasten the plate before the finish surface goes on. In an existing finished ceiling you would be cutting the opening and patching around the plate, so if the ceiling is already closed up, look at a direct wire linear downlight configured for surface or existing-opening installation instead.

It weighs 1.72 lb, so it is a one-person overhead install even on a ladder. The load on the ceiling structure comes almost entirely from the downlight you mount into it, not from the plate.

Satco publishes a spec sheet PDF for the 80-965 that carries the plate drawing and dimensional detail, linked in the product specs. For a spec submittal or a drywall cutout layout, that sheet is the document to hand the installer.

No finish choice applies to this part. The 80-965 is offered in a single configuration, which is consistent with a rough-in plate that gets concealed above the ceiling once the downlight trim is installed.