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Hey there Matt, Sorry, Im not the clooney man, but maybe can help you a bit at least till he gets here. What you have is a 4 wire Voltage Regulator and you have it correct in that its BAT terminal goes to the load (non battery) side of the ammeter, and on those 4 wire VR systems, however, theres not supposed to be any other loads (like lights and ignition switch) on the ammeter there. The loads like lights and ignition switch etc are supposed to be fed off the (L) Load terminal on a true 4 wire VR system. On most of the 4 wire VR''s Ive seen, the lone terminal off the bottom or on a side all by itself (sometimes a wire out not even a terminal) is the ARM or GEN terminal, and yes it goes to the Armature post on the generator. Are you sure you have the generators Armature and Field connected to the right VR terminals?? The Armature post is the larger of the 2 posts while the Field post is the smaller. Did you originally have a 3 or a 4 wire Voltage Regulator????? ?? Are you still at pos ground, and is the new VR rated for pos or neg ground???? Some work on either, some dont is why Im asking. Do you now have the loads like lights or ignition fed from the VR's L terminal, or are they connected to the ammeters load side where you connected the wire to the VR's BAT terminal??? Take a look at all this and check to see if the Generator is well grounded and the VR is well grounded to the generator. You may have things mis wired, a VR that isnt correct for your ground, a bad ground connection somewhere, or youre gonna have to wire it as a 4 wire VR system (switch loads from ammeters load side over to the VR's L terminal). Hope this helps some (and the info you post back to my questions) till clooney can advise you further. Good Luck, God Bless, and please pray for our troops. JOhn T Nordhoff in Indiana
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