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Yes, that's a good hint. Most monitor power bricks have very large capacitors, especially when they also charge the laptop through the Thunderbolt connection.

That's also the point of the LEDs you see on power bricks. After unplugging, the LED uses up the capacitor current to discharge them faster and also serves as a visual indicator to know when it's safe to plug back the cable.



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