Electric drain mystery/problem

[<ROBERT.BLAIR1@domain.elided>]

Ed Kraus wrote:

> now my scout drains the battery every 3 days if I don't run it.  This
> NEVER happened before.
> I'm going to rewrap all electrical tape tomorrow.
>

Then Eric Walter said:
>If it was a dead short it would drain alot faster and probably burn up the
 wire or blow a fuse.
>What I do to hunt down a short is disconnect a battery cable and scrape it
 against the battery
>terminal. Even with a slight draw you should be able to see a spark (helps
 if its dark). Then start
>disconnecting things one by one and keep checking for a spark. Do the easy
 stuff first, like
>pulling fuses, the firewall connector, alternator plug...
Now it's my turn:

OK, it's not a dead short, what other kind of short is there?  I see the
same symptoms as Ed.
Enlighten me...
Bob