My alarm for my headlights is broken, so I've left them on a few> times, each time the battery died and I had to jump it.>

Yesterday, I left them on for a long time, it took some time to jump,> had to borrow a car with a larger battery.>

Once I removed the cables after starting it, the car shuts off.>

I go and buy a new battery, hook it up and it starts, headlights work> too.>

However, all other electronics stopped working: dashboard lights,> domelight, radio, air conditioner / heater, windows.>

I checked the fuses, they're fine.> Is this a temporary problem from just changing the battery? The only> reason the other battery stopped working was because the lights had> been left on, but I've jumped my car a bunch of times before and its> never done this.>

Anyone have an idea how to get my power back without having to get> everything replaced?>

(Oh, also, when I was jumping it this time, my cables started to> smoke. I through them out and get a different pair which worked fine.> The first were ratty, but they've never smoked before)>

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