Help - Melted Battery Terminal Clamp I think my boat (93 Hunter P42) suffered a near miss by a lightning strike while on her mooring. I'm not sure? After returning to the boat one day after a thunder storm, I discovered that my instruments, inverter and solar panels no longer worked. I did not find any physical signs of a direct lightning strike. In looking for the source of the problem, I discovered that the negative terminal clamp on one of my house batteries was melted through which definitely was not good! One heck of surge must have gone through the system. At this point I have replaced the battery terminal clamp, solar panel regulator, solar panel amp meter, and the inverter but have not done anything with the instruments yet. VHF radio still works. I have no indication of any major shorts existing in the wiring or batteries. I did notice a slight voltage drop (about1-2 volts) when I switch my main pane DC circuit breakers on. I was going to put an amp meter between the negative cable and terminal to see if there is a load that should determine if there is an existing load or short somewhere in the system? Any trouble shooting thoughts or similar experiences would be appreciate.