"surge of current" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It refers to a sudden increase or strong flow of electrical current. This phrase is often used in technical or scientific writing, but can also be used in informal writing or speech. Example: The sudden surge of current caused the light bulbs to flicker and the TV to turn off. In this sentence, "surge of current" describes the sudden and strong flow of electricity that caused a disruption in the functioning of the light bulbs and TV.
Mr. Schultz said the failure was set off by a surge of current induced by events in Ohio.
The current runs directly from one wire to the other, thus allowing a great surge of current to flow.
This detonator consists of a thin wire that is explosively vaporized by a surge of current generated by a powerful capacitor.
But inspectors believe that a short circuit in wiring outside the tank may have led to a surge of current in the wiring inside, providing the spark.
I pulled out the plugs from the wall sockets, as a precaution against sudden surges of current.
Unimaginable numbers of water molecules travel the earth via the ebbs and flows of tides, the acceleration of eddies and whirlpools and the dynamic surges of currents and floods, torrents and tsunamis.
Prior to the surge of Nav current activation, the ramp reveals a modest outward current, which is larger on average in WT cells and which in WT cells slightly shifts rightward the voltage at which net current becomes inward, relative to dKO cells.
They said the battery may have been hit by a surge of electrical current from another part of the plane.
Every so often an unexpected surge of emotional current electrifies "Old Money": the anger of an outsider who wants in, for instance.
Every so often an unexpected surge of emotional current electrifies "Old Money," touching on feelings that range from the loneliness that follows the death of a family member to the anger that propels an outsider who wants in.
But investigators in Japan have raised the possibility that a battery on another 787 nine days later started smoldering because it might have been hit by a surge of electrical current from another part of the plane.
