Hello everyone,
My car has been on the road for two summers and has about 6000 miles on it. Last week the battery died after the car sat for a two days. I charged it and all is good. Then the following day it was dead again. I tested it and I indeed have a parasitic draw... somewhere. I've diagnosed parasitic draws before in other cars and am familiar with the process. This one however has me baffled. Obviously it goes away when I flip the battery disconnect switch, but from there it gets really wonky. The draw is seemingly random. I'm testing at the negative terminal of the battery. Sometimes when I test it, it is at 25 milliamps-- which is good. Then I test it again and it jumps to 4.5 amps-- not good. I pull the prob away from the battery and reconnect it and it may still be at 4.5 amps but it also may go back to 25 milliamps. Then it may stay at 25 milliamps for repeated tests and then randomly jump to 4.5 amps.] It only changes when the test prob is removed from the connection and then reconnected. In other words, it is the connection and disconnection of power that is causing this random switch between current draw measurements. When it does read 4.5 amps, which is far less often, I clamped the meter in place and begin pulling fuses. I've disconnected every fuse including completely isolating the Sniper EFI, and have not found any circuit to make any difference. So looked at it differently and though ok, whats the only thing that is not fused, and it is the alternator and starter.
Do any of you know if there is something in either the alternator or starter that would draw 4-plus amps randomly? The alternator is charging as it should when the car is running.
I built this car and know the wiring inside and out, so I've chased down all the usual suspects (clean grounds, loose connections...etc)
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!