Going from a half-wave to full-wave rectifier you will get a better wave form. Less ripple. You still only get half the voltage of the secondary winding. The negative part of the AC current is just blocked by the diodes and not used. You use a center tap on the T. This is a waste and means you generally need to wind the transformer for twice the voltage you need. More copper more core materials more inductance scattering around.
Going to a bridge full-wave you will get more efficiency. 2 Pairs of diodes alternate into and out of conduction. This uses the neg current too. Because you have pairs of diodes working together you get a voltage equal to the transformers peek to peek voltage.= effeciency
You don't want to just make this change alone as an upgrade if that's what you meant. It would through your voltage/current off right down the line. Sometimes you can swap out the caps used for filteres following the rectifier, with good results, as a stand alone modification.
Too much to say in to little space maybe.
For a little theoretical background on-line lookhere
If someone has a better site on-line please let me know.
Cheers,
Going to a bridge full-wave you will get more efficiency. 2 Pairs of diodes alternate into and out of conduction. This uses the neg current too. Because you have pairs of diodes working together you get a voltage equal to the transformers peek to peek voltage.= effeciency
You don't want to just make this change alone as an upgrade if that's what you meant. It would through your voltage/current off right down the line. Sometimes you can swap out the caps used for filteres following the rectifier, with good results, as a stand alone modification.
Too much to say in to little space maybe.
For a little theoretical background on-line lookhere
If someone has a better site on-line please let me know.
Cheers,