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.
A good UPS is worth it's very heavy weight in gold . . .but please . . .never, ever simply turn off your surge protector under the assumption you're covered. You're actually turning off whatever little protection you may have had. Unplug the surge protector from the wall during storms.