Using Power Adapter with surge suppressor

I have been experiencing a new issue with my new Powerbook: I have been connecting my Powerbook G4 to a APC laptop surge supressor that I recently purchased. Now several weeks later I am noting that some time after I start up the computer that the light on the connector at the computer has gone out and unknowingly the computer has been running on battery instead of AC power (I am more observant now). Today I connected the power adapter directly into the AC outlet and thus far everything is going fine = light is green on the AC adapter connector. Is a surge protector necessary or desireable with the Apple AC connector. I am suspicious that the surge suppressor is very sensitive to power line "noise" and essentially shuts the power off to the computer. I thought others may have experienced the same as I have or be interested in this type of problem.
Milton in Florida

I think that your serge protector is faulty. I, like the other responce, recomend the belkin products for portable computing.
The use of a power protection device is recomended for all electronic devices. I have been using a serge protector with all my computers (desktop and laptop) for a very long time. I had a protable serge protector that did the same thing a few years ago and found that is was faulty and the company repaced it free of charge. If you have not had the serge protector for very long you should be able to return it to the store that you bought it from for an exchange. If you have had it for a while then contact APC and use the warienty.

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