ok, ill run through the story first, go to start the ute yesterday, starts with a lil dificulty, then i drive it for 20mins, it hasnt been idling taht good lately, and i come up to an intersection, and it stops idling, my fault for not giving it a rev, then when i go to start it, nothing, flat battery!!!!!, so i get a push start from somebody. get her going, get to work, and turn the ute of, she wont start, completly dead, i got the nrma out, and they chucked a new battery in, 2 get me home, and that, but now i need 2 either get a new alternator, or mine recondintioned, what is the best thing to do???, and if its betta to get a new alternator wat one, my current one is a hitachi one

i forgot to add, when its idling, the charge light comes on???, wats the reason for this, it does idle rather low, could teh reason be, when its idling, the battery isnt getting charged, resulting in it draining the battery on me.

if the alternator light comes on at idle it will be the voltage regulator. yes it is draining the battery if the light is on.

take it to an auto elec. ask them to reco the alternator (this will get you new bearings, brushes, a petrol bath and a sand blast, they also check the diodes to make sure they are workin properly)
ask them if they think it needs a new regulator, or if the alternator just needed a freshen up.
will cost about $100 (parts and labour)

cheers mate, shez already booked in for monday morning