key on not running draw

key on not running draw

Here's what was being suggested.

67Dart273 said
and check the draw through the field, that is jumpered to battery---through the field---your ammeter---and to ground.

while turning the alternator pulley by hand.

DART66GT said
Back in the garage... With the key on I set the ammeter to 10A. If I remove green terminal and run meter between terminal and ground I get 2.12A if I run it to battery neg. It's 2.3Amps. Does that help? Is that the correct place for the meter?

Now we got to figure out what you did.
You basically checked the field current but powered though the key instead of using a jumper. That's Ok.