q1:question: is it bad for me to turn off my PC's entirely after I am done using them for the day. Meaning cut off total power supply?
Bad? Electronics wear out over time, no matter what you do. I don't know that power up / power down is better or worse than 'on most of the time'. I leave my main machine on almost constantly, the two 'other' machines go to sleep after a while, and my wife's laptop is used as a photo frame when she's not using it.
And, yes, you can get a surge thru the power cord, even with one or more surge suppressors in the way. But, I suspect, you'll need a REAL CLOSE lightning strike to make that happen. "SOME" is the operative word here, I think.
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