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Bruce Benson:
Oh, the mysteries of the magic we call electricity!

Just a note on your original post, David.  It would be normal to see 14.3 or 14.4 as a voltage.  The difference between the reading, in my case, would be an inaccurate brand new Sears digital meter.  There is also room for some voltage drop due to distance of the dash gage from the engine.  Direct Current is not a good traveler.

It would be interesting to note if the time lag to startup of output changes when you start out extremely cold versus extremely warm.

You could try testing the two terminals for the smaller wires on the alternator to ground with the ignition switch on and off just to rule out the ignition switch and ignition wiring.  One of these terminals is hot at all times and one is only hot when the ignition is on.  

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