On 12/05/2021 16:27, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
jon wrote:
On Wed, 12 May 2021 14:30:49 +0100, Commander Kinsey wrote:

What's the word for connecting something live and causing the connection
to make and break several times rapidly, possibly damaging the
equipment?

Intermittent.

Yup.


Except that that is too general. The intermittency while actively
making or breaking a live connection is ...

Can't think of the right term, but Contact Bounce (as per burry) is
probably the nearest !

PA