Rbray,
First off try to determine what the problem is. You could have a short somewhere that is drawing some current or your alternator could be putting out to much. Take a voltmeter and measure across the battery terminals with the car running and you should read around 13 - 15 volts. If more than this, you are getting to much from the alternator. With the car shut off, you can measure the voltage and it should be right at 12 volts. If you have a short that should make the voltage start to drop after the car sets for a while. The amp meter will normally go on the positive side if your battery is a little low as the alternator is charging it. If this just started and the battery is very hot, you could possibly have a bad plate in the battery. You can have the battery tested at most service stations and it just takes a moment to run a load test on it. Hope this gives you a starting place and some of the others will have more ideas too.
Ron
