In sorry, I realized how unintelligible that post was. I blame lack of sleep. Anyway, full story. While I was in afghaniland the wifey kept complaining my battery was dying and that even after leaving it running for a while to charge it would still be dead the next day. So, a friend took the battery to be tested overnight and returned it the next day saying it passed fine. This in my head leaves the alternator. Of course, I ordered one and got it with slightly higher amperage than stock. After that it was discovered that in fact it WAS the battery so got a new one of those and problem solved. Now comes the part with the lights getting brighter from idle to hitting the gas. I know it is because of the higher amperage. My issue is I want to try to resolve it without going back to the old alternator and Im not sure how.