why in an electrical lab a bulb connected to supply goes off
slowly when the main supply is switched off?

Answer Posted / the_dabi

Generally capacitors are connected across power supply for
power factor improvement and as a Harmonic filter. As we
know that capacitor having power storing property so when
power supply switch off all power stored by capacitors
discharge through connected load. That's why bulb goes off
slowly.

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