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Vintage Dental X-Ray. The head has an x-ray tube (Coolidge tube) and the base a massive step up transformer and oil filled capacitors that feed the tube 25,000 Volts at ~10ma or maybe a bit more in the old inefficient models circa 1930
Grandfather was a dentist… thus the gallon jugs of mercury (amalgam fillings).
Grandfather was a dentist… thus the gallon jugs of mercury (amalgam fillings).
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