I use multiple surge suppressors for all my gear. I would suggest getting a good APC (www.apcc.com) surge suppressor so that it gets fried instead of your gear. If lightning or a large surge hits that outlet I would prefer a $50 power strip to get fried instead of any of my gear.

Thats just my $0.02, but if major power is coming out of that outlet what would you like to get destroyed, your gear or the power strip. It is cheap insurance basically.

Henry
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