The phrase "avoid overloading" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to suggest not to exceed a limit or capacity, often in technical or instructional writing.
Example: "To ensure the system runs smoothly, it is important to avoid overloading the server with too many requests at once."
Alternatives: "prevent excessive load" or "steer clear of overburdening".
In particularly dirty areas, swabs and wipes could not cover as large a surface area as the HEPA vacuum sock samples without becoming overloaded; investigators were instructed to avoid overloading the samples by adjusting the size of the surface sampled.
Some utilities turn off their wind turbines to avoid overloading their grids.
On the day before avoid overloading with high-fibre foods such as rice, bran, beans and fruit.
A warm spell in Manchester means a gas plant is turned down to avoid overloading the grid – and the generator is compensated.
Until June, would-be users must register on Tellme.com's Web site before they use the system to avoid overloading it during its rollout, Mr. McCue said.
Existing projects have to effectively take turns to export to the grid; turbines are forced to shut down to avoid overloading the system.
Jacques Nasser, Ford's chief executive, sends an e-mail message of company business developments to every salaried employee worldwide each Friday, although the most recent message was not sent until today to avoid overloading the recovering mail system.
The scalding weather pushed the Northeast's power grid perilously close to its limits yesterday, smashing records for electricity use and driving prices to record highs, as officials scrambled for ways to avoid overloading the system.
Strategies to integrate auxiliary energy storage units to supply intermittent loads to avoid overloading the grid .
This way we avoid overloading the central node, as well as network congestion.
To avoid overloading the figure, only half of the DENM sources are depicted.
