Tommy,
Here's how I begin. With everything turned off, confirm your
suspicion, by disconnecting one battery cable. In a darkened and
quiet location, touch the cable to the battery post and look/listen
for a small spark when the cable is reconnected. If you indeed have a
spark, then something is drawing current. Start at the fuse box and
by determine which circuit is drawing power. One is live all the time
and one is switched by the key (fuse box green wires). Next is to
disconnect items one at a time until your spark disappears. I think
I'd try the lighting related accessories first.
Gerard
At 10:14 AM -0500 3/26/04, Tommy_Samuels@MARKIVAUTO.COM wrote:
>Listers,
>I need help diagnosing my battery drain. I went out to drive the Sprite
>tis morning and the battery was completely dead. No lights, no radio,
>nothing.
>I drove the car this past Saturday and everything was fine. I checked all
>the switches and I didn't leave anything on.
>
>Tommy
>67 Sprite
>60 MGA hot rod project
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