overvoltage crowbar

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overvoltage crowbar [¦ō·vər¦vōl·tij ′krō‚bär]

(electricity)

A circuit that monitors the output of a power supply and prevents the output voltage from exceeding a preset voltage, under any failure condition, by having a low resistance (crowbar) placed across the output terminals when an overvoltage occurs.

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