Battery draw…boat question

bigv

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So my cranking battery has been drained dead 2x now. Brand new battery too. It’s never had a draw before so just out of blue last two times. I have a kill switch for my 3 graphs, the master switch in dash kills live well, bilge etc. only other hook ups are kicker motor and 3 bank charger. I put boat away…dont use for 3 weeks (been wader fishing), plug in charger over night here and there. Then take out this morning and deep cycles good, crank …stone dead. Cannot find draw and has never had one. In researching, I think it’s a bad 3 bank charger?? I read a diode can go bad and reverse draw when not charging?? I’m going to put a new kill switch (big boy) on the main motor cable to kill whole boat but in the mean time….do you wiring/electrical/battery guys think I’m on to something??
 


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Well I wasn’t clear….first time was old battery. Figured battery cuz it was 5 yrs old. So put this new one in….happened again
 

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If I don't go out for a few weeks I have to charge cranking battery, even when I bought it new.
 


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I think you're on to something with the charger issue. Disconnect your main from the charger and see if it still goes dead.
 

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