Unlikely you had a "power surge", probably what happened with the melted part was a high resistance connection (due to corrosion or oxidation) and that makes heat (watts = amps * amps * resistance). So check for bad/dirty/loose connections at the fuse, and at any wire connections between the power source and device.

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