David, if it wasn't already obvious, I have stopped responding to you, because your reading comprehension in this discussion is insufficient to fully grasp what is being discussed. This is most evident if you go back and look at the out of context quotes you keep duplicating. As for your post #165, it doesn't address what I am discussing.
And you had a problem with weressl's statement in post #167. Talk about hypocrisy.
My post #165 directly addresses your "non-symmetrical" waveform experiment in post #88 that you claim everyone is dancing around, and finds it to be quite lacking. Since you apparently are the one with the reading comprehension problem, and insufficient capacity to grasp what is being discussed, let me put it in simple terms.
In post #88 you show non-symmetrical wave forms for Van and Vbn from your primary rectified single phase transformer. The diode on the primary creates a nearly halve cycle wave form for both Van and Vbn. Are you with me so far? I'm trying to go slow to make it easy to understand.
If we assign a starting point at time zero, then the half cycle time is 8.3ms. In your example, you show a wave for both Van and Vbn measured at the starting point of zero seconds, as well you should, and ending at the 1/2 cycle point, and each has a small artifact on the end from the collapsing magnetic field. This is to be expected from your rectified primary.
Now come the rub. To demonstrate why the rest of us are wrong, you take Vbn and magically move it 8.3ms into the future.
STOP THE PRESSES!!!! TIME TRAVEL!!!! Somebody alert the American Physical Society.Van and Vbn were both measured at the first half cycle. The resulting Vab should be calculated by Van-Vbn within the same half cycle. Because of your primary rectifier, there is
NO wave in the second half cycle (except for your small artifact.) You can't arbitrarily move Vbn. This is basic electrical engineering which the rest of us understand.
If I understand your view, you believe there is an actual "phase shift" in a 3 phase system, but not in the single phase system. Try using your half-wave rectified transformer on a 120/208 secondary, 3-phase transformer, with a diode on the "input" to each winding. I think if you plot the voltage of Van and Vbn, and then Vab, you will find that you are not getting 208V from A-B.
If you want to keep up your condescension and "I'm right while everyone else is wrong" attitude, go right ahead. But you're really making yourself look stupid.