Intermittent parasitic draw

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RamHammer2014

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I have a 2014 1500 5.7 Big Horn. I seem to have an intermittent parasitic draw. The vehicle sat for almost 20 days this Christmas. Went out and it started right up, no issues. Drove it for 3 days. Let it set for 3 days. Battery was dead. Jump started it and ran fine. Let it set for 3 days, was dead again. This time it was so dead that when I jumped it with the pack, it had almonds of strange stuff going on. Found when battery is too dead, it does that. So I put new battery in it. Drove every day was fine. Let set for 3 days, battery was dead. So charged and checked battery everything was good. Did a draw test was showing 1-3 mA draw over 6 tests. Is the truck waking up intermittently over the days it sets? Has anyone had this happen to them?
 

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Burla

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This will stop it until you can find it 5 bucks.

Car Battery Power Cut-Off Switch Breaker​


Kind of cool anti theft device too.
 
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