Dave, it's funny you mention the lightning as that is what I suspect as we have had a boat load of it recently. I do have a whole house surge suppressor on the breaker panel plus individual suppressors on equipment although I still have damage. On the good side this is the only piece of my house to get damaged so who knows.

Insurance would be my last resort as it seems that you use it once, there goes your rates so you wind up paying for it over time.

I may attempt to repair this myself, I am perfectly comfortable with printed board work and I do solder good. It looks like 2 parts are damaged, 1 looks to be a rectifier, the other I believe is a resistor but I am still trying to cross the part #. Thanks for the advise.

Ernie, the back of the unit shows 1500 watts.