Powering up a mercury-vapor rectifier

Playing with a mercury-filled rectifier I found at the 2014 Mike and Key Ham Radio Swap Meet in Puyallup, WA. I thought this was a mercury arc rectifier but turns out it's a mercury VAPOR rectifier. Box: http://giferrari.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ce-203.jpg

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