Mac Pro turning on when switching on external power switch

Hi,
I have my studio including the Mac Pro behind a couple of power switches (Phonic power conditioners). Often, when I switch on the power switch that has the Mac connected to it, the Mac turns on without me having to press the Mac's own power button.
Why is this? Does the Mac get some kind of power surge when I turn on the power conditioner making it think there was a power outage?
The Mac is always fully shut down before I turn off the power switches.
"Restart automatically after a power failure" is turned off in the system preferences.
Best,
Maarten

that is freaky. mine does a similar thing. i've observed my imac switch on all by itself. i turn it off in the morning when i leave for work and when i get back home in the evening i find the imac on but is in sleep mode. i've seen it happen right before my eyes once. but it doesn't happen all the time. maybe once to twice a week... trojan maybe? maybe we need an exorcist? it is definitely not the schedule/start or wakeup facility under preferences... energy saver... since i've never turned that
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