car off, still drawing power?

tonight i went over to a friends house to listen to him n his band play, while i was there i had to follow one of my friends back to his place so he could drop off his truck, after that my car sat, with the keys out of the ignition for about 30-40mins, we could say 1hr just to be cautious. when we were leaving, the car wouldnt even turn over, headlights werent even on. so between getting a vehicle to boost me and sitting around, i completely disconnected my amp from any power (aside from EQ RCA's to the amp). after about 10mins before we got it boosted, i drove around w/ my friends noticing my headlights would flicker, note i had turned the music off, but the EQ is always on i believe (no power button). we went and chilled for a bit in park, and i had turned my lights on and off a few times after having sat with the car revving for over 5minutes, after trying to turn the headlights on for the third time, my car just died, quit, and when i tried to start it, it wouldnt even turn over. took another 15mins till i got home after calling for a boost,, and now its sitting in the driveway with the charger on it. My question is, what could cause a constent draw from the battery after the car is off, any possibilities would suffice, i'll look into anything. my only guess is, maybe, the EQ when the car is off, but even that kinda baffles me, unless one of the wires on the eq either fell off or isnt making a solid connection, but i would hope the installer last friday installed it securely. BTW - i've had my car running on and off listening to alot of tunes (hours apon hours since its been installed), after killing the battery one night after drinking and forgetting to turn the headlights off, other than that the car hasnt showed any problems at all ;/ ideas and suggestions would be most welcome, thanks.

Not necessarily a power drain unless you've tested it.  Could be that the battery is just shot.  They lose a lot of (future) life when you let them go dead.  Keep all the wiring hooked up as you had it...buy and install a new battery and test amp flow with everything off.  There's a lotta drain on the car's electrical system when you put in a powerful sound system.  So you pay when you leave the headlights burning. Build the box so that it performs well in the worst case scenario and, in return, it will reward you at all times.

Could be a bad altenator as well, or at least a bad connection at the altenator that is causing it to not charge properly, I doubt its the stereo.double-secret reverse-osmosis speaker-cone-induced high-level interference distortion, Its a killer

yeh im hoping its neither the alt (replaced it a year+ before even touching the cars stereo), or the battery, but if im willing to pay out the ass for sound equipment i best be ready to pay for the juice to keep the tunes goin too. i've let the car sit overnight on the charger so if its shot to hell today i'll look @ a new battery and see if anything changes. Thanks guys

Make sure the damn terminals are tight on the battery and the battery to chassis connection. If they are fine, my bet is a bad battery or an alternator on it's way to the old parts home in the sky.Top Secret, I can tell you but then my wife will kill me.

if you have a dmm. you can check to see if your alt is putting out any juice at all2009 0-1000 Trunk WR 154.0DB 2009 1001+ Trunk WR

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