Change your clocks, check your batteries as Daylight Saving Time ends
Administrator | Nov 01, 2025 | Comments 0
Prince Edward County Interim Fire Chief Tim Kraemer reminds residents “Fall Back” weekend is a good time to remember to check, clean and test your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors. He suggests cleaning smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors with a vacuum or compressed air; replacing batteries, then testing the units to ensure they’re working.
As daylight saving time ends this weekend, Prince Edward County Fire and Rescue reminds residents that with the ‘new time’ should come new batteries.
The clocks turn back one hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 2. In addition to adjusting clocks, residents are encouraged to replace the batteries in smoke and carbon monoxide alarms – and check manufacture dates on them as most need replacing at five or 10 years.
Most digital and Wi-Fi-connected devices will roll back automatically, but it never hurts to check clocks on stoves and walls on Sunday to save yourself from showing up at work an hour early on Monday morning.
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