Battery Drain, Anyone measured the amp draw? Options

[Kerrys914]

I have a slow battery drain on my '74. Has anyone measured the amp draw on their teener? I am wondering if a stock FI car would/should have any amp draw?

I have a new battery and it seems to be going dead on me, 3-4 days of no use.

My dam craftsman multimeter is junk.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) I set it to read amps and the dam thing keeps climing till it maxes out. I can't measure a thing with it. I am going to buy a new one tonight and try to find the drain with it. Should I expect 0.0 for a reading?

One of the 4 red wires, which connects to the + , gets a nice spark when I reconnect it to the terminal. That tells me I have a nice draw on that circuit, correct?

Thanks
Kerry

Tyring to get ready for my first big road trip...8/8/04 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)

[bondo]

I'm not sure if that's normal or not, but I don't think it's enough to drain a battery in 3-4 days. Sometimes batteries are defective, try leaving it dicsonnected for a week and see if it still discharges. If it's a wet cell you can check to see if all the cells are equal with a hydrometer, but if it's a wet cell you should ditch it anyways and get a sealed battery before your car rusts to pieces.