[Rockstar]

Been thinking. If I understand correctly you have AC power up to the outlet on the other side of the wall and it is that outlet you are using to tie in the power strip.

After securing the breaker. Pull that outlet, there should be a black (common) wire connected to the top gold screw, a white wire conncected to the top silver screw and a bare copper wire connected to a green screw. These wires supply power to the outlet a.k.a. 'line'

There are similar screws on the bottom end of that outlet. These are the ones your powerstrip should be tied into, black to the gold screw, white to the silver screw and bare copper to green. If that is the case and you still don't have power to the strip. It is possibe the common bond tab between the two gold screws on the outlet has been removed. Simply replace the outlet.