Word for making a bad connection?

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

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Commander Kinsey
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Contact bounce. Switch bounce. Caused by elastic components bouncing like a rubber ball.

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Sjouke Burry

Contact bounce, that sounds good.

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Commander Kinsey

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

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Dave Plowman (News

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