Battery drain and melted fuse

[mackat]

So whoevers bright idea it was to leave less than a 2" gab to work in... I hate them!

Was pulling the alternator out and the spindle was hot, and I do mean hot. I'd only had the battery connected up for 5-10mins while running some tests, but yup hot.
Dropped the spare in, connected up to the battery and we have success! Battery light is off with ignition off and with first click battery light comes on now.

Ran out of light to put the belt back on and test properly, but this looks like the cause.

I put the multimeter on the old alternator with ohm's set and i was getting no reading.

Thanks everyone