Happy Standard Time! Don't forget to change the smoke detector batteries today too.
Public safety used to push the Change your Clock, Change your Batteries. The twice a year tweak everything ritual as a convenient reminder that it's best to change smoke/CO detector batteries 2x/year is good, but with DST extended into November (which gives extra daylight for Trick-or-Treat, good),connection of Fire Prevention Month (October) and DST-FireAlarm is more tenuous.
So if you did it in October, please ignore this message :-)
Otherwise, just consider today October 35th and the chore somewhat overdue.
I have a pricey LED flashlight that wilk run for months on the leftover power, so I can recycle the batts too. (Marked "U" for used with grease pencil when swapped out.) Which means one or the other is free :-) Fits in pocket. "Off" isn't, but only "very low" so you can find it when city power fails
I g0t mine, the old Elight model, from http://www.eventors-now.com/default.asp at local ham shows, but they new models are available mailorder too
http://flashlightsunlimited.com/safelight.htm is newest model with new lower price http://flashlightsunlimited.com/survival.htm like the original
