Belt frying?

wow those must be some crappy belts , my darn power steering belt rubs ever so slightly on the water pump pull and I've been cross country and back last summer and all over BC since with out losing it , it wore a stripe of black paint off the pulley and I took it off a couple of weeks ago to fix it by sanding the edge of the belt so it doesn't rub anymore but no problems with the belt frying off LOL.