Tony -- Congradulations on the new 335SS Hope you have a lot of fun with it.
I also have the ride air, and is good to hear that other posters like it , as I have not had an oppertunity to use it yet.
Can't help with the surge protector, but can tell you to take a vacume cleaner with you if you decide to take a wall in the basement down to install the protector. Just in my basement over the weekend took a wall down and found not only a ton of sawdust but pieces of wall, screws, ends of ties and other assorted construction material.