On 13/05/2021 09:09, Peter Able wrote:
On 12/05/2021 21:22, T i m wrote:
On Wed, 12 May 2021 18:43:38 +0100, Peter Able wrote:

On 12/05/2021 16:27, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Â*Â*Â*Â* 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, solenoidÂ* or
a set of points?

Cheers, T i m


Oh, I agree !Â* Just can't quite think of the correct term. Dirty Contact?

PA

Arcing


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