318 ammeter erratic?

No, Red, I'm sorry. This don' happen. It don. It' hain't the way **** works

The ignition system is a LOAD. It draws CURRENT. And, it's "fairly constant," at least when the engine is running from an idle up through fast idle to "low cruise," and even extremes of current draw from idle to high RPM, the load change is not enough to affect the charging system. At least not a HEALTHY charging system.

IF SOMEHOW the ignition DOES affect the charging system, it would be because of a problem in the "blue" run / IGN1 circuit, IE bad connection in the bulkhead, at a splice, at the ignition switch connector, or in the switch, etc. etc.

If what you say can, did, and does happen, the ignition would have to be drawing a LOT of current, FAR more than it does.

Now, wirewound resistors do not short. At least not Mopar ballasts. This is because they are "space wound" on a ceramic form, and the only way you COULD short them would be to "toss a wrench" across the ballast resistor terminals. I think even I would notice that.

My buddy had the same issue and we swapped out the ballast resistor and it fixed his issue as well. I don't think that its a coincidence