circuit overload
Too much current
Circuit overload occurs when electrical current exceeds what a circuit can safely handle, causing protective devices like fuses or breakers to trip.
The term extends to any system pushed beyond capacity: The website crashed from circuit overload during the sale.
Applied to people, it describes mental overwhelm: After three meetings and two deadlines, I hit circuit overload.
- fuseProtective melting wire
- blown fuseOverloaded protective device
- blownMoved by air
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- power surgeAbrupt voltage increase
electrical · overheating · spark · electrical fire · short · trip · tripped breaker · breaker · fuse box · total blackout · wiring · voltage · burnout · meltdown · power · failure · fried · smoke
- overloadoverwhelmed, excess, surplus, maxed out, glut
- outagespower outage, outage, blackout, brownout, total blackout
- blackoutspower outage, power failure, power cut, outage, total blackout
- EMPEMP, EMP attack, EMP weapon, electromagnetic pulse
circuit overloadopen circuit
Incomplete electrical loop
short circuit · brownout · voltage drop · power failure · blackout
circuit, circuits, circuitry, circuitous, circuitously, overload, overloads, overloaded, overloading