<snip> That way, when someone turns on a hair dryer, nothing in here so much as flickers. Robert _______________ Nothing in this room does either when I am running other appliances in the house. And, attaching the surge protector to the wall would also get my cables off the floor -- hmmmmmmmm. But, I don't want to electrocute myself when I screw in the protectors. But if I stay 6" away from either side of it straight up from the wall unit I should be OK. Right? There is a window above the wall unit so I know the wires don't come from the ceiling down. Judith To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk