Ozlander wrote:
Makes me want to run out and buy a surge protector / not.
That would be unfortunate because if used correctly a surge protector / EMS can really save you a lot of future grief. However, as with any manufactured product an owner needs to understand how the device in question is designed to work, why it may not under some circumstances, and when it doesn't what to do about it ... clearly the OP hasn't done any of this, which is why I suggested their next course of action should be to contact the people who made the darned thing and ask people who
should have the correct answers, not WAGs.