Well without the bulb in place there is still a power draw. battery was almost dead this morning. Maybe my power draw isn't coming from the dome light, but it wasn't a problem before I did stuff to the dome light.
all I did was put a bulb in it and replace the section of wire from light to the plug right below the fuse block. The wires were definitely grounding out before, but should not be now.

The mystery continues...

could the switch be draining the battery if it was grounding out internally?
with it in the off position (rotated all the way to the left until it clicks) its all on, could it draw power without the bulb in? since it's not a complete circuit i thought it wouldn't really draw power but I'm open to being wrong.
with the switch in the on position (clicked over to the right but with the switch not rotated fully to the right, just to where it clicks) I get no light but still seem to be drawing power. Same results as the switch is rotated to the right the rest of the way there is no change.


62' GMC Fleetside 3/4 ton 235 4-speed.
Time makes fools of us all.