Originally Posted by Huckleberry
Does the battery drain with the negative terminal disconnected. Have had a battery with 60 ma current flow with only negative terminal connected. I put piece of old belting under battery to isolate and had no further discharge problem while using that battery
If that was the case, then you definitely had a battery problem. Nice temporary fix, nonetheless.

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