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Could you have the wires to the ammeter gauge connected backwards? Even with fully charged batteries the gauge should normally read high amp draw after first starting the gen and gradually head back to zero or near zero. That is exactly what your ammeter is doing, except it is starting in the...

the problem may not be in the alternator. --- it might be in a phantom "vampire" load that is outside of charging circuit. One way to check this is to shut down the generator when the batteries are fully charged and instead of disconnecting the battery cable, disconnect the alternator. If the...