Starter drain the battery dead???

Cuda Al said

The only way the starter is going to pull power even at a trickle is if the relay lets it.


Alan

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I don't believe that is accurate. The big cable is hot all the time. The relay triggers the s terminal.
An internal short can come from a bakelite or plastic insulator cracking and allowing the hot post to get poor contact with something. A sub 2 amp draw can't be completing much of a circuit but it is very possible.