Why does it sometimes seem instant and sometimes it seems to take time for something to work? For example, if I leave my hoover switched on and plug it in, it seems to start immediately, but when I switch the plug off for my tv the stand by light takes a few seconds to go off?
Edit: thanks for the explanation guys, seems like the answer I was looking for was some appliances use capacitors.
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Your Hoover motor is directly connected to the power supply.
The little LED showing the standby status of the TV is not
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