voltage spikes
Sudden electrical surges
Voltage spikes are brief, sudden surges in electrical voltage that exceed normal levels.
They can damage sensitive electronics and disrupt circuits.
Lightning strikes, power grid switching, and motor startups commonly cause them.
Surge protectors guard against voltage spikes by diverting excess energy: A voltage spike fried my computer's power supply.
- overvoltageExcess electrical pressure
- electricalInvolving conducted current
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- electrical stormViolent weather with lightning
- disturbanceDisruption of order
transient · lightning rod · limiter · fluctuation · dirty power · suppressor · snubber · pulse · interruption · blown fuse · earthing · circuit breaker · surge protection · power surge · peaks · brownout · harmonic distortion · impedance
- nerve signalsaction potential, nerve impulses, nerve impulse, nerve signals, neural activity