Weird, Scary, Power Gizmo-thingy

[middle.road]

The missus bought an entire wall of electrical/electronic junque (again) at an estate sale this weekend.
This gizmo is just plain scary. Any volunteers for plugging it in?

There is a bunch of cool stuff too. I scored some tools and also came away with a new 5C indexer.
Several vintage Variacs, couple of lasers, and a bunch of laser mounting accessories.
Some real oddball stuff.

 

[CluelessNewB]

I'm guessing some sort of power supply, maybe... Looks like that Variac might be useful.

 

[tomh]

Egor
fetch me my tongs and hold my beer
Yes master

 

[RJSakowski]

Just put it out in the middle of a concrete slab, preferably outside and go for it. What's the worst that could happen?

 

[Charles Spencer]

I think it's a marital aid.

 

[wawoodman]

If you have a DeLorean handy, you might go Back to the Future!

 

[Billh50]

Looks like a lot of possible parts for that homemade EDM.

 

[Eddyde]

Wow thats a lot of capacitance. Be super careful with that thing, even after its unplugged it could still kill ya.

 

[CluelessNewB]

Just put it out in the middle of a concrete slab, preferably outside and go for it. What's the worst that could happen?

Just make sure you get it on video!

 

[John Hasler]

The missus bought an entire wall of electrical/electronic junque (again) at an estate sale this weekend.
This gizmo is just plain scary. Any volunteers for plugging it in?
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There is a bunch of cool stuff too. I scored some tools and also came away with a new 5C indexer.
Several vintage Variacs, couple of lasers, and a bunch of laser mounting accessories.
Some real oddball stuff.

It's a power supply. I'd plug it in, but first I'd straighten some of those wires. Looks like some of the circuitry is mashed down against the edge of the large capacitor.