I know it works most of the time with my pc and my smartphone, but yesterday at the dentist a drill didn’t work correctly, so they turned the entire chair and all the appliances connected to it off and on and the drill was working again. Why does this fix so many problems when nothing is changed in the hardware itself?
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Electrical devices store data as an electrical charge. The electrical charge is stored in a component called a capicitor. Capicitors won’t hold a charge forever though. If you turn the device off, the capictors will start to lose their charge. This is why it’s typically advised to leave it off for 30 seconds to a minute, the give the capicitors time to drain. When you turn the device back on, everything is starting with a clean slate.
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