Battery Connection Help Options

[AvalonFal]

I've been having problems with the battery draining over a couple of days of non-use, so I'm intending to replace the PO's battery cables (a few splices in the current ones) and go from there. PO relocated battery to the rear trunk & that's OK. However, I came across this situation:

- Engine off, key out.
- (+) battery cable disconnected at battery
- (-) battery cable still connected

I measured across the disconnected (+) cable to the connected (-) cable & got a voltage of around .6 - .75 volts. Is this normal to have voltage across a disconnected (+) cable??

Car starts fine when battery is charged, but, as I said, battery loses juice after being idle for a couple of days.

[mikesmith]

The wire going to the ignition switch is (almost) completely disconnected when the switch is off (power tap goes to light switch for parking lights).

Lots of stuff (including your stereo) will be getting power from the other wire.

Unswitched power is present on the hot side of fuses 10, 11, 12. A good start would be to pull each in turn to see what happens to your draw.

12 normally goes to headlight up/down relays. 10 is normally fog lights. 11 goes all over the place.

There is a spare battery power tap on the back of the 10/11/12 fuses that is a likely place for someone tidy wanting 'backup' power for an after-market stereo. I'd look there too.