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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wes8398" data-source="post: 596292" data-attributes="member: 9883">I was driving home from work today (10 minute drive at most) and decided to blast my a/c. I had it on "max a/c" and had the fan to high. I rarely do this, but when I do it usually results in my voltage gauge dropping a bit. Half way through my drive though, my voltage gauge was only about 1/8th of the way and my car had started running a little funny (obviously). On my way up the driveway I smelt something and by the time I parked there was smoke coming out from under the hood. I ran and opened the hood to see a small fire on the side of the power distribution box, where the ground and power cables connect to the box. Thankfully I was able to blow the flame out quite easily, but WTF happened??? More importantly, why did it happen? Is it an easy fix?The black cable (with orange stripe) that connects to the power distribution box melted and is no longer connected, but the car will still start and run. I'm guessing maybe that cable runs to the alternator and is involved in charging the battery...? Until I get some ideas from you guys, I'm not driving the car anywhere in case I need to save battery juice to get it down to the mechanic (if I can't fix it myself).Thanks in advance.</blockquote>