This happens constantly. I had tape on it for a while, but even that failed.
Picture above is dramatization without the tape for clarity's sake, today it poked through the tape and shut itself off, this is how I actually found it:
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It seems well placed. It isn't really meant to be routinely turned off. The switch is recessed a bit and covered with a clear flexible cover.
I only turned it off once. It was recently because I didn't want it to run it's scheduled task until I could protect the Christmas tree.