[BRL]

Power is back on, no surge protector.

Should I have one?

Do people have one when they hook up an inverter to their vehicle battery?

Have used this setup for 10 years or more without any problems.

Except the weak plastic starter cog broke on the cheezy Briggs & Stratton pull start engine, and I now just wrap a rope around it.

I remember when those things were made of steel...geeze, I'm old enough to remember when cars were made of steel and not so much plastic too.