Wes wrote:
"Karl Townsend" wrote:

I need the truck to haul home my latest toy...

I've had to leave the battery disconnected cause the juice gets sucked down.
So, today I put the ohm meter between the + post and ground. Got 180 ohm.
Pulled one fuse at a time hoping to find a faulty circuit. No joy, same
reading the whole time.

Any suggestions on how to find what's draining my battery?

Karl



That would take 43 days to drain a decent battery using my conservative numbers.

I just wanted to back up a minute and point
out what was happening. 43 days with a decent
battery is believable. The problem is that
a shorted diode in the alternator is causing
the leakage and is also preventing the battery
from being fully charged.

I've seen this on one of my vehicles. A drain
disproportionate to the discharge rate because
of inadequate charging.