High Voltage

The VR casing is the ground right? I added a 10 ga wire from one of the mounting screws to the battery because I suspected ground might be the issue as it is not bare metal there. The ground to the block is a 4ga, but the only chasis ground I've seen on it is a 10ga to a mounting screw for the starter relay. I'll have to check the voltages when I go back to work on it next week and install the headlight relays.

I've got a Duralast (autozone) and BWD (advance auto) VR and both give me over 15v at the battery. Maybe I should look for a Wells VR after checking my ground and voltage drop again.

Thanks for asking about the fuse holder (electrical is not one of my strenghts). I was actually using a regular bladed fuse and fuse holder on a 12 ga wire running from the alternator to the starter relay. I decided I should beef up the wiring and fuse holder after reading up on some other threads and since I went with a slightly bigger alternator. Now its 8 ga wire from the 78A alternator running directly to an Optima red top battery and a maxifuse holder with a 40A fuse.