PEOPLE are being urged to check electrical equipment this weekend - as the clocks go back.
At 2am on Sunday morning (October 27), the clocks go back by one hour and the Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) is urging people to use it as a reminder to stay safe and check electrical equipment.
Among the items SWP suggests worth checking are smoke detectors and other monitors for carbon monoxide and radon, fire alarms, anything with batteries and the batteries themselves, plus plugs, sockets and bulbs, including Christmas lights.
If anything is broken or failed, or the batteries are flat, it gives families the chance to get items repaired or replaced promptly, and to recycle anything no longer needed.
All electrical and electronic items can be recycled at all 16 Somerset recycling sites, including detectors and alarms, batteries, bulbs, plugs, wiring and equipment leads.
A SWP spokesman said: “Checking your electrical items will only take minutes but it could prevent a fire and save a life.”
As well as getting items repaired professionally, local free repair cafes may have helpful qualified electricians on hand to help fix items.
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