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

  • The use of dry power sweeping is prohibited.• All vehicle speeds on unpaved roads shall be limited to 15 mph.• Idling times shall be minimized either by shutting off equipment when not in use or reducing the maximum idling time to five (5) minutes (as required by state regulations).

  • This location is not assigned to the CUA holder, and current users may not be “pushed off’ from the location.• Idling must be kept to a minimum to reduce noise impacts.

  • Idling times shall be minimized either by shutting equipment off when not in use or reducing the maximum idling time to 5 minutes (as required by the California airborne toxics control measure Title 13, Section 2485 of California Code of Regulations [CCR]).

  • Idling time of diesel powered construction equipment shall be limited to two minutes.

  • Moved by Uhteg seconded by Cohen to adopt policy #5731 Idling School Buses on School Grounds for inclusion in the district’s policy manual, as submitted.


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 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 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 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 hundredths (.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 Locomotive Engine is running while the Locomotive is stationary.