This is an antique Weston voltmeter that I accidentally* bought at auction from a telephone museum that was closing down a few years ago. (I also got some cool historical transatlantic cable segments!)
It draws a surprising amount of current for a voltmeter, so the circuit that's controlling uses far more power than I was anticipating.
*ok, it wasn't _really_ an accident! I certainly wasn't complaining...
@dan imagining a sitch where that uses more power than discuss.systems