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The diode acts as a one way switch, if you recall what colin55 said --> if you connect one side of the transformers leads to house ground, then on the other wire the signal will swing high above house ground and then swing low below house ground...the diode acts as a one way valve allowing only...
it doesn't matter how you hook up the transformer output as it is a.c. at that point. Once you add the diode and capacitor it becomes d.c. and as such is polarity sensitive.
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