yip the whole light system gets brighter after i rev it up. headlights, dash, running lights, K.C.'s everything but it dose not dim once it engages. ill check the ground again. battery huh? when its not charging seems like no time the battery is dead I didnt think fire should run it down so fast. can that do this you think? I replaced the regulator cause thats what I thought was doin this but same thing with the new one.