Lightning strikes the home's own service panel, the power dies and a $3,400 heat pump is ruined. The power failure exclusion:
Explanation
That exclusion is aimed at power interruptions beginning away from the residence premises, such as a downed line or a utility outage. A lightning strike on the home's own service equipment is an on-premises event and lightning is a named peril, so the $3,400 heat pump is a covered loss. The answer quoting a Coverage C sublimit borrows a cap that has nothing to do with this exclusion.
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