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DOL abbreviation stands for ?

DOL abbreviation stands for ?

DOL abbreviation stands for ?

(OP)
I know what DOL means.  But what do those letters stand for?

"Direct On Line" ?

It seems like any time I have heard it spoken I hear Direct Across the Line.

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RE: DOL abbreviation stands for ?

Direct Ocross Line  :)

RE: DOL abbreviation stands for ?

smoked smoked smoked...

Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org

RE: DOL abbreviation stands for ?

Had to take that young person by the ear.

I always thought Direct On Line

Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org

RE: DOL abbreviation stands for ?

Yeah I think the abreviation is a lousy one.  I have NEVER heard anyone say Direct-On-Line.  It doesn't even make sense really because "Direct-On-Line" is so nebulous and vague.  But I hear the term Direct-Across-<the>Line all the time.

RE: DOL abbreviation stands for ?

DOL is indeed direct on-line.  But it isn't used much in USA, at least in my experience.  Old-timers (like me) will say "across-the-line" and NEMA terminology is simply Full Voltage, or FV.  Similar to "on-load tap changer", which in the US is generally just "load tap changer" or LTC.   Or maybe it's regional.  In the eastern US, they wait on-line, but in the rest of the US we wait in line.  



RE: DOL abbreviation stands for ?

I always referred that acronym as "Direct On Line".
Certainly I will prefer something like “Starting at full voltage” as opposed to “Starting with reduced voltage”.

RE: DOL abbreviation stands for ?

Interesting observations dpc.

It probably aught to be FVS (Full Voltage Start) which I think is very clear.

I'm going to go make my sang-gah-witch now....

:)

RE: DOL abbreviation stands for ?

itsmoked

aught? ought or should.

Bet we could do this all day! Nevermind.
See ya back at the Pub sometime.
Regards
pennpoint

RE: DOL abbreviation stands for ?

Hmmm... I thought all this time it meant Dirty Old Lecher. No wonder I'm so confused.

Semi-seriously though, in the UK and other NNAESC (Non-North American English Speaking Countries), DOL is short for Direct-On-Line, meaning that the motor is connected directly onto the line power (I don't see why that is confusing). In North America, we have traditionally used the term Across-the-Line, sometimes abbreviated ATL, meaning that the motor is connected directly to (or across) the line as well, which in my opinion is actually more confusing. I have never heard Direct-Across-(or  Ocross)-the-Line, that's probably a mixture of the 2 terms, or just silly.

"Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more."   
Nikola Tesla

RE: DOL abbreviation stands for ?

Ocross was being silly...

IRstuff thanks for help with pennpoint's zing!

ought2    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (ôt)
pron. & adv.
Variant of aught.



RE: DOL abbreviation stands for ?

(OP)
Thanks guys.  I guess I should have known that. At least it wasn't all for naught - an entertaining post.

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=naught
O.E. nawiht "nothing," lit "no whit," from na "no" (from PIE base *ne- "no, not;" see un- (1)) + wiht "thing, creature, being" (see wight).

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RE: DOL abbreviation stands for ?

touche!

RE: DOL abbreviation stands for ?

OOOoooh! Ya got me.

arg! as well

pennpoint

RE: DOL abbreviation stands for ?

Well, if I could have gotten to this a few postings ago, I would have suggested that the "proper" term would be FVNR (Full Voltage, Non Reversing).  But in the mean time, this whole thread has slide so far down hill that I don't think I should bother now.

RE: DOL abbreviation stands for ?

Actually, FVNR (and it's sister FVR) only refers to the motor starter designation, Across-the-Line or DOL does not qualify as to the rotation direction, it is refering to the motor being connected directly to the line power, as opposed to having a reduced voltage of some means.

"Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more."   
Nikola Tesla

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