Larry Blanchard wrote:
On Mon, 05 Aug 2013 22:31:08 -0500, Unquestionably Confused wrote:

No problem, Larry. Hit Radio Shack and pick up a small piece of
printed circuit board with copper on each side, separated by the
phenoic board (you can find it pretty thin)

Take a very thin wire pair (teleco wire should work) and solder one
wire to each side. At the other end, terminate it with a miniature
switch and then encapsulate the switch (just tidying up - not really
necessary. Let the switch dangle and turn off the detector when
you need to.

I like that idea - thanks. I've even got the copper coated phenolic
- I use it for HO scale railroad ties and solder rail to it :-).

Hmmmm - I may have to do the same thing in the train room so the
soldering won't set it off. Although it hasn't so far.

Just curious Larry - why would you just wire a standard light switch to the
hot lead for the detector, and turn it on and off as you please? Or - a
pull chain switch like used in fluorescent lights, that you could mount to
the junction box the detector is wired into? Can't get access to the
junction box? A box extender would solve that problem. You could mount the
pull chain switch to the side of the extender, wire it to the detector, and
screw the detector to the box extension. I admit - it does not have the
finished look of a true ceiling mount, and maybe that's a concern?

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-Mike-