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So the bulb turns off immediately in another lamp? Maybe the switch on your lamp doesn't open fully when you turn it off.
I remembered something else: If you have a switch that cuts neutral instead of the live wire or both wires, LEDs can continue to faintly glow because of induced current. So I guess try reversing the plug on your lamp (if you can, I know in many countries the plugs are not reversible), but idk maybe that's not it.
I dont know what it means to reverse a plug
Flip it so the prongs go in the opposite hole, like the thing you can't do with usb plugs.
That didn't do anything
Yeah was a weird idea anyway. Btw, this switch on the lamp: Is it like a real physical switch that flips or slides, or is it like a touch sensor or a little button like on a cell phone?
Hey man now I know what reversing a plug means. It's a physical switch that flips and goes click.
Ok, if you unplug then lamp, does the light go out immediately?
If it does, but it doesn't when you hit the switch, the switch is broken and arguably unsafe.
It it doesn't, it's the bulb that's causing the delay.