Secondary Circuit - Video Lesson

Welcome back. This lesson is the second in a series about the x-ray circuit, and this lesson is about the secondary circuit. Remember that the complete x-ray circuit is actually composed of three combined circuits, the primary circuit, the secondary circuit, and the filament circuit. Each of these circuits supports the process of x-ray production in different ways, and this lesson is about the secondary circuit. So why do we call this the secondary circuit? We call it the secondary circuit because it's on the secondary side of the step up transformer. Electricity on the primary side of the transformer is in volts and the step up transformer converts volts to kilo volts. This makes sense since the x-ray tube is part of the secondary circuit. The x-ray tube uses kilobolts, not volts to make x rays. Transformers work only when using alternating current. But the x-ray tube must operate using only direct current or DC current. Imagine what would happen if the current