On Wed, 12 May 2021 18:43:38 +0100, Peter Able wrote:

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.

+1

The intermittency while actively
making or breaking a live connection is ...

The question ... ;-)

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

But implies a contact, typically automatic like a relay, solenoid or
a set of points?

Cheers, T i m