Power converter hit by lightning

Strong storms rolled through last night while we were hooked up to campground power. We had a lightning strike VERY CLOSE that really shook us up. Everything appeared OK at first but then smoke started pouring out of the power converter. We quickly disconnected the 120v power but the converter continued to smoke until we disconnected the 12v battery. After waiting an hour for the air to clear, we reconnected the 120v power but left the 12v battery disconnected. Everything seems operational now and we submitted a claim to our insurance company for the converter. Is it safe to continue to function this way or should we shut things down and wait for the converter to be replaced?

The safest thing to do would be to totally disconnect it but I doubt the conv. would burn at this point. My biggest concern would be that it discharges the battery if it's hooked up to it.
Even if the conv works perfectly in every aspect, once you let the smoke out of electronics your looking at a latent failure.
I would replace it no matter what the ins. co. does.

Don't mess with your family's safety, disconnect all power until this is repaired.

The converter is connected to the 120v power supply, so unless you disconnect the converter from the 120v, you will have a fire danger. If it were me, I'd be banging on the door of the nearest RV parts store getting a new converter now and wait for insurance to settle out later, especially since you are already on your trip.

But again, that's me.

My trailer got nailed by lighting June of 2009. My converter did just like yours. I had to disconnect it from the 120v breaker to stop it from smoking. I left my batteries hooked up so I still had lights and such. You're lucky if that's all that got fried. Check everything to be sure! After that I added small surge protectors on the water heater cord, refer and etc. I also bought one of these from Camping World http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/product/portable-surge-guard/2279

Link to my post http://www.wildcatcamperforum.com/maintenance-repairs-trouble-shooting-service-warranty-f12/lightning-sucks-t1834.htm

On my unit the following got fried:
converter
12v fuse panel
refer board and element
a/c board
furnace board
wall t-stat
LP detector
water heater 120v t-stat
water heater 120v rocker switch
tank level panel
my shore cord
power inlet
main 30amp/20amp breaker

Earl

Thanks for the replies folks. We appreciate it. Yes Earl, we are very lucky that nothing else got hit. Maybe because the surge came from the 12v side instead of the 120v side? All systems are go and as long as we keep the 12v battery disconnected I dont have any smoke. Thanks for the tip on the portable surge guard. We'll have to see if we can work it into the budget.
We share Mark's concern. We don't see smoke NOW but sleeping with one eye open is no fun either. Our local RV dealer says the converter needs to be ordered and takes 8-10 days to come in. Insurance company said we have to call a RV repair person in order to submit a claim. So we have someone coming out tommorrow. He will check all systems thoroughly and make the repairs.

Be sure to get one of the new 3 stage converters with the charge wizzard unit.

http://www.bestconverter.com/55-Amp-Converter-Replacement-Kit_p_64-47.html

Looks like we're good. Had technician come out and check everything else and we were very lucky. All we have to replace is the lower part of the converter. Thanks all!