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MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 days agoSome (poorly designed) “passive” devices need about 20 seconds between power cycles to empty their capacitors, that’s why.
Comment on Hackerman
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 days agoSome (poorly designed) “passive” devices need about 20 seconds between power cycles to empty their capacitors, that’s why.
AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 2 days ago
I know, I work with machines and it’s a common practice to let the capacitors discharge for a good minute before trying to turn the thing on so the device has properly turned off before you try to turn it on again. But I know this because I work with them on a daily basis. If someone sees you as “hackerman” because you fixed the wifi by restarting the router properly, chances are they won’t even understand what a capacitor is.