Mike and Bill. My bad. I misread Mikes question about where my "meter" was hooked up for where my "generator" was hooked up.
For the record, while the engine was running, I used my multimeter to test voltage at the battery posts and at both sides of the ballast resistor to see what voltage drop I would have down stream of the ballast resistor.
The meter jumped back and forth between 14 and 7 volts regardless of where I measured it.
Hope that clears it up.
