Car Accessories Keep Dying While Driving? And it's not the alternator?
I've got a 2003 Honda Element, I was driving it a few weeks ago, and the AC, Radio and interior lights began to shut off while I was driving. I immediately thought it was the alternator. However, I had recently had it worked on, so I checked the cables to make sure that they were secure on the battery. The negative cable was lose, so I tightened it, then jumped it and drove it. I drover it for about 20 minutes then checked the Voltage in the battery to see if the alternator was going out. It read around 14 V while the car was on even with the AC, headlights etc. Which is that of a healthy alternator. Similarly, I got good readings on the battery as well(it's brand new). Assuming it was the bad connection, I drove it for about a week and half before the same problem came up. Things started to die while I was driving. I didn't have time to jump it again and try and address the problem for about a day, so I let it sit. When I went out to jump it today, it started fine without a jump. I drove it on the highway for about 25 minutes without any problems.
I'm a college student and my problem here is that I need to drive the car home(about 120 miles) to have it properly inspected this weekend, however I'm worried that this same problem will occur.
Any thoughts on what the issue may be?