Idling definition

Idling means the vehicle engine is running at any location while the vehicle is stationary.
Idling means turning off or limiting water circulation within the cooling tower system but not draining the system water.
Idling means the operation of an engine in the operating mode where the engine is not engaged in gear, where the engine operates at a speed at the revolutions per minute specified by the engine manufacturer, or when the accelerator is fully released and there is no load on the engine. "Idling" means, for the purposes of off-road- equipment, the engine is running while the piece of off-road equipment is not performing work. {Added by September 8, 2004 amendment, revised by April 16, 2010 amendment, effective May 1, 2010.}

Examples of Idling in a sentence

  • Contractors are required to comply with the City of Charlottesville’s Idling Reduction Policy for Motor Vehicles and Equipment, policy number 100-12.


More Definitions of Idling

Idling means operating main propulsion or auxiliary engines when the net torque generated by the engine is at the operational minimum for the configuration of an engine connected to propulsion or other auxiliary vessel systems. Idling typically occurs when the vessel is at dock.
Idling means the operation of a combustion engine of a vehicle while the vehicle is not moving forward or in reverse and not being used to operate auxiliary equipment essential to basic operation of the vehicle.
Idling means the Locomotive Engine is running while the locomotive is stationary. A Locomotive Operating in a zero emission (ZE) Configuration is exempted from this definition. Locomotive is stationary.
Idling means the engine is running while the vehicle is stationary or the piece of off-road equipment is not performing work.
Idling means the Parking or Stopping of a Vehicle, while the engine is running and is not being used to operate auxiliary equipment that is essential to the basic function of the Vehicle;
Idling means the period of time greater than twenty-five hun- dredths (.25) of an hour when a motor vehicle is stationary with the engine operating at less than one thousand two hundred (1,200) revolutions per minute (RPM), without the power take-off (PTO) unit engaged, with the transmission in the neutral or park position, and with the parking brake set.
Idling means the period of time greater than twenty-five