Battery drain issue

moparfourever said
i have done work with alternators over the years and you NEVER run an alternator with the output wire disconnected.that being said you still can test the drain from alternator by simply disconnecting the output wire and see if the battery stays up over a couple days.Do not start engine with output wire disconnected.I am betting your problem is the diodes in the alternator

This is the way I read TJ original post. Remove output wire and check again in a couple days.

Just to be clear, could the alternator still charge (or maintain) correctly if the diodes were bad? It reads about 14.6 when the car is running. Thanks.