Abstract-The safe stall time of an electric machine is often

compared with the time required to accelerate the motor and

the load from standstill to rated speed. Most users of electric
machines feel that the safe stall time must be longer than the
acceleration time in order to safely protect the unit against
thermal damage. It is also felt that if the stall time with respect to
the acceleration time is longer, the more frequently a large motor
may be started. These ideas embody several of the many myths
surrounding these two machine parameters since, in reality,
greater thermal damage often results more from the frequency of
starting than from the acceleration time being greater than the
stall time. A prime objective of this paper is to generate a broader
understanding of the definitions, the methods of calculation, and
the thermal effects of stalling, accelerating, and repeated starting
of medium and large fabricated squirrel-cage induction machines