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Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Wed, 12 May 2021 14:40:03 +0100, 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.

That would do, dunno why I didn't think of that. I also like "contact
bounce" as suggested by someone else.


Contact bounce normally refers to a switch or relay etc. Intermittent
covers any fault with those symptoms.

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