RussellMc wrote:
> This
>
>>> Full wave rectifier transformers draw DC on
>>> each half of the secondary,
>
> And this
>
>> Only one half of the
>> secondary conducts each half-cycle,
>
> seem to be different ways of saying the same thing,

Clearly not.  First, there is no such thing as a "full wave rectifier
transformer".  There is nothing special about a transformer because it
happens to be used in a full wave rectifier circuit except that it needs at
least a center tapped secondary.  However, there are many other application=
s
for a center tapped secondary, and the existance of one doesn't make it a
"full wave rectifier" transformer.

Second, we were talking about load on the AC power line.  Whether a
transformer is used in a configuration so that DC runs thru parts of its
secondary has nothing to do with that.  It is neither a argument for or
against whether drawing net DC from the power line is OK.

In short, it was a meaningless comment making little sense and certainly
having on bearing on the point in question.


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