I gave up. My neighbor is and electrician and had the whole house protector. He got hit by a (fortunately) small surge and it blew everything in his house anyhow. I'm at the point of figuring "why bother". As he said...the only true protection is to have everything unplugged or power switched.

If I were in the position to plan my basement all over again I would have put all the wall switches on a separate power circuit that could be turned on when I enter the basement. That would give you the option of using an arc fault interrupter too. A little bit of planning would give you the option of running a separate circuit for your TV (memory features) and fridge that could be left on.