While me car is in project status it spends alot of time sitting. I feel as I have a bad ground somewhere or something small that keeps draining the battery. the battery is brand new as I figured it was a crappy battery. My alternator is good if I go out and run it a for 20 minutes a day it stays charged.. any of you guys know where to look? Lasts about a week if it is sitting

 

disconnect the battery if the car is going to sit for more than a week

 

It's never more then a week it dies within a the week. sluggish after a night or two of sitting my truck sits for a week or two at a time and starts fine everytime. My dads camaro sits the winter with a start here and there.. just trying to figure out what could be sucking juice while it's sitting it's not my dd so it's a pain in the ***

 

Yeah check for shorts and hot wires. Also if the battery keeps getting drained, its life gets shorter

 

So what am I looking for in "hot wires" shorts obviously bare wires any damage housing etc. I grew up working on SBC with my dad.. they don't really have wires this is all new to me

Thanks for all the responses guys. I should check and clean all grounds? I'm up in Canada and the car has been winter driven before I believe (lots of bodywork I've done ) so things get pretty dirty here

 

I killed the old one while it was still under warranty to get a fresh one It was in my blazer which just went off to scrap