Time to Change the Clocks and the Batteries!
/This weekend as we “fall back” with the clocks, it’s a perfect time to check the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. Many homes have newer smoke detection systems hard-wired into electrical panels so the backup batteries tend to last longer but can still run down if you have experienced some power outages over the year since they were last checked.
If you have older stand-alone models, it’s probably better to change the batteries and test the unit whether you think the battery is still functional or not since a weak battery will undoubtedly alert you by chirping in the middle of the night!
Other newer (non-hardwired) models have built-in batteries that can’t be changed. They start beeping after a certain pre-determined time period which signals that you need to replace the whole unit.
And, in case you were wondering if you still had to change your clocks early Sunday morning, there has been no advancement of the Sunshine Protection Act passed by the U.S. Senate in March 2022. The Act was meant to end the practice of changing the clocks back to standard time for the period of November through March each year. The 2023 version of the bill stalled in the U.S. House of Representatives so plan to get that extra hour of sleep Sunday morning!
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