I have a Powercenter Question?

[Living Near Shamu]

Originally Posted by guitarist155

i turn mine off even esp the ones in my studio. you are using alot of power from components and the conditioner itself when that is on, also you are putting wear on the components and conditioner, you equipment is far safer from surges and voltage dips when it is off. so if your not using the equipment there is really no reason to keep it on. it is just a waist of electricity

Actually if you turn it off but its still plugged into the wall, the surge can come in and kill your electronics, as the powercenter is off (thus the protection is off). I have a friend to turned off everything but left it on and during a storm his house got a surge which killed every electronics device plugged in at the time, whether they were off or on.