[nova1313]

So some background on this problem. My eclipse gst from 97 is on it's original battery. I put my sub and amp in last week and it ran fine all week. I drove it home today no problems. Then I went to go for coffee tonight. It tries to start once like half a crank then dies. Just keeps clicking after, my lights dim and thats it no power. It had just rained so I figured maybe something got wet.

I went seemed okay. Battery shows 12.9 volts but drops to 9 when I tried ot start it. Threw a charger on it and it will crank a few times but not start. Jumped it from my dads truck and it started right up.

I cleaned up the terminals and disconnected the fuse between the amp and the battery in hope I'd find the problem.

My amp now has ground, a disconnected positive and a 12v remote start lead coming from my stereo. In theory it's not drawing anything while the car is off? Is this correct or will it try to draw some small current over the 12v remote start?

I'm going to go and grab a new battery tomorrow and hope that my alternator is not shot also after I put the new load on it with the amp. Recommendations on batteries? I was gonna just grab one from autozone.

We shall see...