Over charging

On Saturday I annihilated my battery, it was a smoking leaking mess. Replaced the battery and checked the charging system and it was pumping out over 17v. So I thought it was the VR, bought on and installed being careful about getting good ground. Still same problem. The blue and green field wires even with the ignition off have battery voltage. I know that's not right. Wire shorted against power?. Ignition that is supposed to power alt works properly. Voltage took out my tac, haven't check everything out yet. Attached is the VR I used. Any Ideas. Thanks

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