if you have an issue with something powered by electricity, why do you need to count till 5/10 when you unplug/turn off power before restarting it?
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If i have a problem with anyone, i learned to stop and count to 10 before restarting our talk
Lot of technical answers here, but not much “why?” Many electrical devices are designed to keep running right through a short power outage, like when your lights flicker. But in cases where they get confused and need to forget what they were doing and start over, leaving them off for several seconds lets them know that they should stop trying to keep going but start over clean instead.
There are things called capacitors. They store energy like a battery. They aren’t a battery but in this case let’s say they are. Essentially you need to let the battery run out of power for it to shut off fully. That’s all it does
Imagine sipping a thick milkshake. While you’re sipping, it’s constantly going through the straw, but once you stop sipping, it slowly drains back out rather than just being empty like soda or a thinner liquid would.
It’s kinda like the water still in the garden hose after turning off the faucet. The computer stores energy that takes a few seconds to dissipate.
Capacitors and static. Capacitors are, in simple terms, little buckets that hold electricity while still allowing it to flow and are discharged when the circuit’s power is cut
Look, there is a technical reason that has to do with capacitors discharging, but whenever tech support is telling you to do this, it’s to make sure that you have actually fucking unplugged it and didn’t just pull the plug out 1/3rd of the way and call it good.
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