On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 23:20:44 +0000 (UTC), Larry Blanchard
wrote:

On Tue, 06 Aug 2013 13:25:30 -0400, Mike Marlow wrote:

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?

That would also work, but I think the prior solution would work on a
battery unit which would be easier.

For safety and insurance purposes I would incorporate a timer so that
after a certain amount of time it turned back on. Don't know about
you but I would forget to turn in back on all the time. It wouldn't
be that difficult and I can think of several ways to accomplish it.

Mike M