>
>Ok, I understand.  But originally, there was talk of a DC component being
>placed onto the line because of the diode.  Would the effect of the
>diode/bulb be comparable to an impedance mismatch in feed lines along with
>the associated consequences?

I don't think so.

I don't know where this DC component came from. It's a simple circuit, on
the secondary of a transformer.
Remove the primary current, and you'll find no DC remainder.
The only effect that I can see, is more current in one half or the other of
the cycle.
Given that each individual load is small, and the fact that any large
number of them will average twoard a 50/50 distribution of polarity, I
don't see any problems.

This sounds like the sort of troubles you get into when you chrome-plate
your roll center.

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