I wish I knew more about electricity because this is probably a dumb question, but I'm a novice when it comes to electrical circuits. I converted my '53 Chev 3/4 ton from 6 volts to 12 and re-wired it completely. Everything works, but I noticed when I first hooked up the horn that even with the negative terminal disconnected at the battery, I could push on the horn relay and it would beep. Sick sound, but there was an electrical current there. The truck has been sitting for about 2 weeks. This morning I noticed that the battery is dead. I had it sitting in the garage with the negative battery terminal disconnected and it was still dead. I got to looking and the battery hold-down bracket touches both the positive and negative posts. If the positive cable was connected to the battery and the negative was disconnected, would this grounding of the hold-down bracket to both + and - posts cause it to drain the battery? I have since removed the hold-down bracket and I modified it so it doesn't touch either post. I am charging the battery right now. I think this may have been the problem, but being a novice at electrical problems, I'd like someone to weigh in that knows way more than I do. Thanks.
