Unless it has an LED or other indicator of unknown veracity the only thing that might tip you off it's bad is if the power strip is warmer than ambient temperature. If it is get rid of it ASAP.
Here's some light reading: http://www.iaei.org/magazine/2004/03/metal-oxide-varistor-degradation/ NealS _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug