A receiver I had plugged in to this unit was damaged after a lightning strike while surge "protected".

Tampa, Florida has one of the highest lightning strike frequencies n the world.

I had a lightning strike event that actually blew up light bulbs and every thing else in the house

I have all my electronic equipment plugged into it in my home office, and it has protected my equipment numerous times since I live on top of a small mountain, and I am subject to lightning strikes during storms.

Equally important, they can and do save your expensive equipment from nearby lightning strikes.

The reason I got this is because the old one took a lightning strike

This unit seems to work well, as I no longer suffer lockups of the blue ray player or loss of streamed video over the internet.

The APC BE750G was easy to hook up and has been giving excellent service.

The BE750G was very easy to set up and the associated PowerChute software installed without incident

This time, the BE750G was still going on strong after 5 minutes when the power came back on

This unit seems to work well, as I no longer suffer lockups of the blue ray player or loss of streamed video over the internet.

The APC BE750G was easy to hook up and has been giving excellent service.

The BE750G was very easy to set up and the associated PowerChute software installed without incident

This time, the BE750G was still going on strong after 5 minutes when the power came back on

This unit seems to work well, as I no longer suffer lockups of the blue ray player or loss of streamed video over the internet.

When I finally looked at my IMac, lo and behold, a menu extra a/k/a "menulet" [upper right of the menu bar as a square box around a plug