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Posted by N8N on December 19, 2008, 4:58 pm
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> > I have a hardwired smoke detector that came with my house. When doing s=
ome
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> > home projects (and some cooking) the detector goes off and there doesn'=
> > seem to be any way to turn it off. It just buzzes until the air slowly
> > clears. My other detectors are battery operated and I just remove the
> > battery.. =A0Any suggestions on the wired detector short of turning off=
the
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> > power? I am thinking about turning off the power, cutting the wire and
> > replacing unit with a battery model. Any alternative suggestions? Maybe
> > installing an on-off switch (attach to which colored wire?) on the powe=
> > line leading to the unit? =A0 --------- =A0paul
> The idea, is to not be able to permanently disable the thing. There are h=
ard
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> wired models made that have a "Hush" button on them. If it is set off by
> cooking, etc. you push the hush button and it will shut off for some
> predetermined period of time and then reset.
yup, this. Also photos tend to get *more* sensitive as they age, as
dust buildup etc. decreases their alarm threshold. Simply replacing
the detector may solve your issue. (you didn't specify if it was a
photo or ion type detector)
nate
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> some home projects (and some cooking) the detector goes off and there
> doesn't seem to be any way to turn it off. It just buzzes until the
> air slowly clears. My other detectors are battery operated and I just
> remove the battery.. Any suggestions on the wired detector short of
> turning off the power? I am thinking about turning off the power,
> cutting the wire and replacing unit with a battery model. Any
> alternative suggestions? Maybe installing an on-off switch (attach to
> which colored wire?) on the power line leading to the unit? ---------
> paul