[patrickt]

Tell me if this is exactly what you are doing, since sometimes posting on a thread can be misunderstood:

When my VOM is place on my battery, with the car off, it reads about 12.7 volts. If I leave the VOM on my battery, and start the car, while it is running the voltage is still about 12.7 volts.

With the VOM still on my battery, if I unplug the connector to the voltage regulator, and jumper across the first and third tang, and leave the plug out of the voltage regulator, when I start the car and rev it to about 1500RPM I get over 14 volts.

Is that exactly right?