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draggin49 · 11-26-2018, 11:50 PM

So lately I’ve come out to drive my 32 roadster and found that the battery was dead . I didn’t leave the lights or anything on so was confused how it had been drained . Hooked up the battery to a tender and reinstalled it and same thing happened again. I made sure to not use the lights at all . I never had this issue prior to when I had my mechanic rewire the car /install a set of guide headlights.

When I put the key in the ignition , with the lights in the off position and flip the column drop switch from off to the on position, should it be drawing ANY amps on the amperage gauge when at the ON position ? Or should it read zero ?

11-26-2018, 11:50 PM	#1
draggin49 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Southern California Posts: 212	Battery being drained ... So lately I’ve come out to drive my 32 roadster and found that the battery was dead . I didn’t leave the lights or anything on so was confused how it had been drained . Hooked up the battery to a tender and reinstalled it and same thing happened again. I made sure to not use the lights at all . I never had this issue prior to when I had my mechanic rewire the car /install a set of guide headlights. When I put the key in the ignition , with the lights in the off position and flip the column drop switch from off to the on position, should it be drawing ANY amps on the amperage gauge when at the ON position ? Or should it read zero ?