OK- - - -next guess- - - -is there something besides the wire to the ammeter junction block attached to the BAT connector of the regulator that might fool the cutout into assuming current is still flowing into the battery?

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!