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Well I did my typical visit to my folks place on my kids weekend (Burnt River) and was all set to get out on the lake for a bit mid day for a fish. Recently the bilge pump died and the boat needed some bailing (done). Go to start and lower it a bit on the lift and for some reason a thought popped in my head to "try and turn it over it hasn't been run it two weeks that I know of". Yeah it was stone cold dead. Hooked up the tester and it was showing a 0.55 for power... UGH. So much for fishing and the kids tubing... Rigged up some extension cables to stay dry and toss in the charger. Let it sit from 2 pm to 6 pm and it had enough power to get me out fishing for a bit (all close to home and not my normal spots for walleye). In the short time I was out (went back before dusk to not need the lights and worry about being stuck to paddle an 18 1/2' bowrider solo) I was able to find 4 decent SMB and 2 decent/good LMB. When I'm solo I don't take pic's as I cannot afford to buy a new cell right now... Went to fire up the boat today for a quick fish and or kids to go for a tube ride and I was able to get it to turn over enough to fire up after a few tries. All the electronics in the boat were off and the battery was recently replaced too and this is the fist issue battery wise in a few years. So needless to say that the boat is now going to be out of the water till next year as I won't be going to visit for another month or longer... *sigh* Is there a way a NON-WORKING bilge pump can still draw power even if the switch if off to cause this?