Pushing a piece of equipment, engine, or computer system to the highest limit of its performance scale. The term comes from analog meters where the indicator needle hits the physical peg at the top of the dial. Operating in this state generates excess heat and drastically increases the chance of catastrophic failure.
Heard on the job
The compressor is pegging out trying to keep the line pressurized, so we need to find that air leak fast.
Also heard as
- pegged
- maxed out