In February I put a new battery in my 1997 850 wagon. About 2 weeks ago the car wouldn't start after sitting for about a week. I took it to the auto parts store to have the alternator checked and it was fine. However, the car was pulling about 1.5 amps while turned off. He said somewhere around 0.5 is normal. I'm convinced this is the reason for the drain on the battery, since I hadn't started the car in a week.

I'm wondering how to find the source of the short or whatever is causing the drain on the battery. I've tried the normal turning off the radio, heater, seat heaters, etc. but that didn't make a differnce.

I was thinking about hooking up an amp meter and begin pulling fuses until it dropped. At least that way I'd know which system to look at first.

Any other suggestions?