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Something doesn’t sound quite right there. I assume Napa tested the battery and it is within its life rating and tested ok. I am also assuming you have driven it so the battery should have been charged up by the alternator. Then if I understand correctly, if you turn it off right after driving it, it won’t start due to a discharged battery. Is all that correct?
Ok, I got ya. I would think the first thing would be to take the battery out and have it tested.
Then if you do have a significant drain you don’t have much of a choice but to pin it down. Some things, like the radio/clock will have a very small drain but not enough to drain it over just a couple of days.
Don’t you have a switch on the dash that will allow you to use your house batteries to start you rig? Mine has a symbol of a battery on it.
Roger and Ray seem to have a pretty good grasp of this stuff, hopefully they will pick up on this.
The easiest way to find the draw is to put a dvom (meter) or test light on the battery and remove the fuses one by one. When you remove the fuse on the circuit causing the draw the meter will go to zero or the test light will go out.
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