Wanted to give DENNYW a Huge shout out and say Thank You! Denny's advice, thoughts, and provided information served me well in tracking down this problem. I found out it was never the idiot light that was my problem. The irony was that I wired the idiot light right and it was trying to tell me, 'hey you've got a problem.' I've learned way more about alternators than I ever thought and through Denny's help, learned how to take one apart, run diode tests, etc. As it turned out, I had a diode that would not flow in one direction (passed diode test but would not register an OHM value like the others). Had another alternator of the same type, put it on there, and no problems. Testing for parasitic draw goes a long way and I wish'd i had of done that immediately when my problem started. But hey, its been a learning experience Thanks Denny,