@classixsThanks Jan I wired up that bridge rectifier in a temporary rig up and converted AC to DC (my all time favorite band by the way) and the
Austrian genny fired up the plasma ball.....pretty happy with myself
Not a chance in hell would I have ever gotten that to work without printing out and following that diagram you drew up THANK YOU!
Also splurged and treated myself to an auto ranging multimeter today, I will need to study the instruction manual!