I had a problem with my battery it was constantly was going dead. So I replaced the battery as it was over 3 years old... I first took up the positive side and when I went to hook up the negative side it arked on me.... It was if I had a short...any ideas as to why the it was going this
2006 coupe standard transmission

 

There are some capacitive loads in the car, an arc on connection is normal. The question is, what is the standby current?

I would encourage you to measure the current by doing this:

Close doors, close trunk.
Verify all lighrts are off.
Using a DMM, connect battery to positive cable thru the DMM set to 10amp scale.
Wait three minutes.

At the three minute mark, what is the current value? .055 amp or less is spec. If it does not exceed that, you are good. BUT WAIT THE FULL THREE MINUTES, any reading you get in less time is inaccuratly high, you must give the modules all time to hibernate before evaluating current.

 

What is it greater than point .055.. By the way I'm assuming you mean DMM as a digital meter

 

Yes, DMM is digital multimeter.

I don't understand what you are saying or asking here: "What is it greater than point .055". I will restate what I said: Any measurement over .055amp after three minutes is a problem.

 

.056 is greater, so is 60,000.