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In an unfortunate incident, the plastic plug for one of my A/C-powered smoke detectors became detached from the wires coming out of the ceiling. My ceiling now looks like so (click for full size):

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The detached connector:

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My question is: how can I safely reconnect the plug? Can I just stuff the wires back into their respective holes in the plastic connector? And, if I turn off main power to my house in my the circuit breaker box, that should be sufficient to ensure that I do not electrocute myself, correct?

In an unfortunate incident, the plastic plug for one of my A/C-powered smoke detectors became detached from the wires coming out of the ceiling. My ceiling now looks like so (click for full size):

![Eeeeeeekkk!][1]

The detached connector:

enter image description here

My question is: how can I safely reconnect the plug? Can I just stuff the wires back into their respective holes in the plastic connector? And, if I turn off main power to my house in my the circuit breaker box, that should be sufficient to ensure that I do not electrocute myself, correct?

In an unfortunate incident, the plastic plug for one of my A/C-powered smoke detectors became detached from the wires coming out of the ceiling. My ceiling now looks like so (click for full size):

![Eeeeeeekkk!][1]

The detached connector:

connector

My question is: how can I safely reconnect the plug? Can I just stuff the wires back into their respective holes in the plastic connector? And, if I turn off main power to my house in my the circuit breaker box, that should be sufficient to ensure that I do not electrocute myself, correct?

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In an unfortunate incident, the plastic plug for one of my A/C-powered smoke detectors became detached from the wires coming out of the ceiling. My ceiling now looks like so (click for full size):

![Eeeeeeekkk!][1]

The detached connector:

enter image description here

My question is: how can I safely reconnect the plug? Can I just stuff the wires back into their respective holes in the plastic connector? And, if I turn off main power to my house in my the circuit breaker box, that should be sufficient to ensure that I do not electrocute myself, correct?

In an unfortunate incident, the plastic plug for one of my A/C-powered smoke detectors became detached from the wires coming out of the ceiling. My ceiling now looks like so (click for full size):

![Eeeeeeekkk!][1]

My question is: how can I safely reconnect the plug? Can I just stuff the wires back into their respective holes in the plastic connector? And, if I turn off main power to my house in my the circuit breaker box, that should be sufficient to ensure that I do not electrocute myself, correct?

In an unfortunate incident, the plastic plug for one of my A/C-powered smoke detectors became detached from the wires coming out of the ceiling. My ceiling now looks like so (click for full size):

![Eeeeeeekkk!][1]

The detached connector:

enter image description here

My question is: how can I safely reconnect the plug? Can I just stuff the wires back into their respective holes in the plastic connector? And, if I turn off main power to my house in my the circuit breaker box, that should be sufficient to ensure that I do not electrocute myself, correct?

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In an unfortunate incident, the plastic plug for one of my A/C-powered smoke detectors became detached from the wires coming out of the ceiling. My ceiling now looks like so (click for full size):

Eeeeeeekkk!

![Eeeeeeekkk!][1]

My question is: how can I safely reconnect the plug? Can I just stuff the wires back into their respective holes in the plastic connector? And, if I turn off main power to my house in my the circuit breaker box, that should be sufficient to ensure that I do not electrocute myself, correct?

In an unfortunate incident, the plastic plug for one of my A/C-powered smoke detectors became detached from the wires coming out of the ceiling. My ceiling now looks like so:

Eeeeeeekkk!

My question is: how can I safely reconnect the plug? Can I just stuff the wires back into their respective holes in the plastic connector? And, if I turn off main power to my house in my the circuit breaker box, that should be sufficient to ensure that I do not electrocute myself, correct?

In an unfortunate incident, the plastic plug for one of my A/C-powered smoke detectors became detached from the wires coming out of the ceiling. My ceiling now looks like so (click for full size):

![Eeeeeeekkk!][1]

My question is: how can I safely reconnect the plug? Can I just stuff the wires back into their respective holes in the plastic connector? And, if I turn off main power to my house in my the circuit breaker box, that should be sufficient to ensure that I do not electrocute myself, correct?

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