ORIGINAL: Missileman
Number 2. sounds like, and kind of looks like, you have the switch hooked up wrong. ie.. wrong lead going to your receiver.If so you are not trying to charge your battery, you are trying to charge your reciever. Switch the lead you are using for charging and the one that goes to your reciever. (after you switch you will find off will now be on and visa versa)
My guess anyway.
This is what I was thinking too. When I first installed my electronics I plugged the battery into where the charger gets plugged in, and then the charger plugged in to where the battery should be, so when I thought it was charging, it was actually getting powered up.