DOL abbreviation stands for ?

[electricpete]

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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[itsmoked]

Direct Ocross Line

 

[Skogsgurra]

smoked smoked smoked...

Gunnar Englund

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[Skogsgurra]

Had to take that young person by the ear.

I always thought Direct On Line

Gunnar Englund

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[itsmoked]

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.

 

[dpc]

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.

 

[aolalde]

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”.

 

[itsmoked]

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....

 

[pennpoint]

itsmoked

aught? ought or should.

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

 

[IRstuff]

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=aught:

Function: pronoun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English Awiht, from A ever + wiht creature, thing -- more at AYE, WIGHT
1 : ANYTHING
2 : ALL, EVERYTHING <for aught I care> <for aught we know>

TTFN

 

[jraef]

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

 

[itsmoked]

Ocross was being silly...

IRstuff thanks for help with pennpoint's zing!

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

 

[electricpete]

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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[itsmoked]

touche!

 

[pennpoint]

OOOoooh! Ya got me.

arg! as well

pennpoint

 

[davidbeach]

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. ;-)

 

[jraef]

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