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Rick_in_Colorado:
Today we had severe weather and nearby lightning strikes.  Losses:  one DirecTV receiver, a printer, a USB card in my computer - and - the hot tub (Catalina) is dead.  Thankfully I had surge protectors covering everything or the damage would have been worse.  The 220 breakers on the spa did not trip.  Tomorrow I plan to pull the side cover off the spa and investigate.  What should I look for?  Is there some sort of internal fuse or breakers that may have protected the spa boards?  Please advise.

Rick

tubin:
ugh, sorry to hear about your tub!

i have no idea about fuses, but i would flip your breakers off and look around for any surge reset switches, glass fuses, burned/brown components.

have you tried cutting th power to the spa for a few minutes and then powering it back up?  

again, these are just suggestions from a electronics dabbler (not a pro)

anyone else please chime in, and in the future, should you flip the breakers off during a bad storm if you are home???

Tman122:
Did you check your breaker in the house that feeds the tubs GFCI?

Rick_in_Colorado:
I checked the breakers first thing and they didn't trip.  I pulled the cover off the electrical area and found one big-a@s fuse, but I couldn't tell if it was burned out.  The center section wasn't glass - it was made of something that appeared to be tightly woven "wiremesh".  Couldn't see through, but appeared to be intact.

Brewman:
Sounds like it's time to get a repairman out there.
Brewman

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