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Lashman
Oct 28, 2012, 10:18 PM
Can I add a plug to a wire-in smoke alarm and plug it into an outlet?
I have an outlet at the top of my wall, the last home owner here had one plugged in there but it's ancient (made out of metal!).

Thanks,
Lash

tkrussell
Oct 29, 2012, 05:58 AM
Do you have two wire or three wire interconnectable smoke detectors?

Fr_Chuck
Oct 29, 2012, 06:06 AM
What is the voltage, all of my wire units the electric is converted prior to going to the alarm

ma0641
Oct 30, 2012, 05:50 AM
If you have an older house with a 2 wire. I would suppose, yes you can. You can Also use it with a 3 wire but it will not be tied into the rest of the detectors. The simplest thing would be to use a battery unit.