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Well now, this is getting personal. I just yanked TWO surge
protectors... one being an outlet variety one, and the "You're
protected" light was off. Hmm. The next one is a power strip that
seems to be vaguely surge protectorish, as it has a "Clamping
Voltage" listed on the back. Inside it's a switch, a breaker, a
somewhat larege blue (ceramic i guess, not a tin-can electrolyitic
one) capaictor, and a circuit breaker. Now... the real question is
this... Is my ∗extremely∗ ghetto Gemini PL-9 "Pwer Supply and Light
Module" on top of my rack a surge protector. This is about as ghetto
as they come... all I recall for parts inside were the inline fuse,
the lighted switch, and a single capacitor... plus the goo for the
nifty pull-out lights. I can send a shot of the guts of one of the
strips I pulled... but I suspect this gemini unit is not a surge
protector... dunno.

Paul, if this came from someone else I would have worried in the
morning, but MAN!

-Geoff (checking to see if the noise floor in his setup has
lowered...)