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   Message 71,367 of 72,318   
   Bob Engelhardt to Peter Percival   
   Re: Two diode vs four diode rectificatio   
   30 Jul 19 10:42:03   
   
   From: BobEngelhardt@comcast.net   
      
   On 7/30/2019 10:04 AM, Peter Percival wrote:   
   > What is the advantage of a four diode bridge full-wave rectifier over a   
   > two diode full-wave rectifier.  There must be some, else why accept the   
   > extra cost?   
   >   
      
   You don't need a center tapped transformer with 4 diodes, you do need it   
   with 2.   
      
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