Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Industry is operated by three-phase power, so it is necessary to change three-phase alternating current into direct current.
2. There are two types of three-phase rectifiers: the half-wave and the bridge.
3. The three-phase bridge type rectifier has a higher average DC voltage than the three-phase, half-wave rectifier.
4. Six-phase half wave rectifiers produce two times the ripple as a three-phase full-wave rectifier.
5. The amount of ripple produced by a rectifier can become a matter of great importance; for this reason, there are rectifiers that operate on 4, 8, or 16 phases.


1. True
2. True
3. True
4. False
5. False

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