Thanks for your advice. So the reading I got with my volt meter when connected between the neg. battery post and the neg. battery cable was battery voltage? So I know I have a drain, but because the reading is battery voltage, I can't be sure how big a drain I have, correct? That is where your great horn idea comes in....the louder the honk the bigger the drain?? So I'll get the horn, and hope the honk isn't loud enough to attract the Canadian geese who are heading south. Thanks again for the great idea.