If you "turn off" your surge protector, I think you are leaving your electronics unprotected from a power surge that could come from a storm or other electrical surge. Here in Southeastern PA we are having power outages due to the extrmely high temperatures & transformers exploding.
Originally Posted by grann of 6
I unplug at the wall or shut the surge protector off. My boys are all computer geeks and warned me of this. All my equipment is connected to surge protectors. I spent too much money on it to lose it. I accidently left my food processor plugged in and didn't discover that it was dead till many weeks after the storm killed it. That's what I get for not using it often.