INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICAL SYMBOLS . . .

CIRCUIT BREAKER
DISCONNECT CIRCUIT CIRCUIT BREAKER CIRCUIT BREAKER W/ THERMAL AND
INTERRUPTER WITH THERMAL OL WITH MAGNETIC OL MAGNETIC OL

LIMIT SWITCHES PRESSURE AND LIQUID TEMPERATURE-

FOOT VACUUM LEVEL ACTUATED FLOW SWITCH
NORMALLY NORMALLY SWITCHES (AIR, WATER, ETC.)
OPEN CLOSED SWITCHES SWITCH SWITCH

NO NO NO NO NO

HELD HELD
CLOSED OPEN NC NC NC NC NC

SYMBOLS FOR STATIC SWITCHING CONTROL DEVICES

SPEED (PLUGGING)
F F
ANTI-PLUG
STATIC SWITCHING CONTROL IS A METHOD OF SWITCHING
ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS WITHOUT USE OF CONTACTS,
F PRIMARILY BY SOLID-STATE DEVICES. USE SYMBOLS
SHOWN IN TABLE AND ENCLOSE THEM IN A DIAMOND.

INPUT COIL OUTPUT NO LIMIT SWITCH NO LIMIT SWITCH NC

R R

SELECTOR
TWO-POSITION THREE-POSITION TWO-POSITION SELECTOR PUSHBUTTON

SELECTOR POSITION
J K K
J K J L J K L A B
A B CONTACTS
A1 A1 1 2 BUTTON BUTTON
A1 X A1 X FREE DEPRESSED FREE DEPRESSED
A2 A2 3 4
A2 X A2 X 1 2 X
3 4 X X X
X-CONTACT CLOSED X-CONTACT CLOSED X - CONTACT CLOSED

PUSHBUTTONS
MOMENTARY CONTACT MAINTAINED CONTACT ILLUMINATED
SINGLE DOUBLE MUSHROOM WOBBLE TWO ONE
CIRCUIT CIRCUIT HEAD STICK SINGLE DOUBLE
CIRCUIT CIRCUIT R
NO AND NC

NO

NC

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CONTACTS OVERLOAD RELAYS
TIMED CONTACTS - CONTACT ACTION THERMAL MAGNETIC
INSTANT OPERATING
RETARDED AFTER COIL IS:
WITH BLOWOUT WITHOUT BLOWOUT ENERGIZED DE-ENERGIZED
NO NC NO NC NOTC NCTO NOTO NCTC

SUPPLEMENTARY CONTACT SYMBOLS

SPST NO SPST NC SPDT TERMS

SINGLE DOUBLE SINGLE DOUBLE SINGLE DOUBLE

BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK SPST
SINGLE-POLE,
SINGLE-THROW

SPDT
SINGLE-POLE,
DOUBLE-THROW

DPST
DOUBLE-POLE,
DPST, 2NO DPST, 2NC DPDT SINGLE-THROW

SINGLE DOUBLE SINGLE DOUBLE SINGLE DOUBLE DPDT

BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK DOUBLE-POLE,
DOUBLE-THROW

NO
NORMALLY OPEN

NC
NORMALLY CLOSED

METER (INSTRUMENT) PILOT LIGHTS

INDICATE TO INDICATE FUNCTION OF METER OR INSTRUMENT, INDICATE COLOR BY LETTER
TYPE BY PLACE SPECIFIED LETTER OR LETTERS WITHIN SYMBOL.
LETTER NON PUSH-TO-TEST PUSH-TO-TEST
AM or A AMMETER VA VOLTMETER
V AH AMPERE HOUR VAR VARMETER
A MICROAMMETER VARH VARHOUR METER A R

mA MILLAMMETER W WATTMETER

AM
PF POWER FACTOR WH WATTHOUR METER
V VOLTMETER

INDUCTORS COILS
IRON CORE DUAL-VOLTAGE MAGNET COILS
BLOWOUT
COIL
HIGH-VOLTAGE LOW-VOLTAGE

LINK LINKS
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
AIR CORE

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TRANSFORMERS
AUTO AIR CORE CURRENT CONTROL TRANSFORMER AUTOTRANSFORMER
FOR REDUCED-
VOLTAGE STARTING
SINGLE- DUAL-
VOLTAGE VOLTAGE % %
50 50
H3 H2
H1 H2 H1 H4 65 65

80 80

100 100
X2 X1 X2 X1 0 0

AC MOTORS
SINGLE- SEPARATE PHASE, SEPARATE WINDING, CONSTANT-TORQUE,
THREE-PHASE
PHASE TWO-SPEED TWO-SPEED TWO-SPEED

T1 T2 HIGH COM LOW T1 T2 T3 T1 T11

T4
T1 T2 T3

T3 T1

T3 T2 T13 T12 T5 T2 T6

VARIABLE-TORQUE, CONSTANT- WYE/DELTA, WYE-CONNECTED, PART WINDING,

TWO-SPEED HORSEPOWER, REDUCED- REDUCED-VOLTAGE
TWO-SPEED VOLTAGE
T4 T4
T1 T2 T3 T7 T8 T9
T5
T6 T1
T1
T3 T1
T3
T3 T4

T4 T6
T2 T6 T5 T6
T5 T2 T5 T2

DC MOTORS WIRING CONNECTIONS

COMM OR NOT WIRING MECHANICAL
SHUNT SERIES COMPENS POWER
ARMATURE FIELD FIELD CONNECTED TERMINAL
FIELD

ARM
SHOW 4 SHOW 3 SHOW 2
LOOPS LOOPS LOOPS MECHANICAL
CONNECTED CONTROL GROUND INTERLOCK
CONTROL AND POWER CONNECTIONS-600 V OR LESS ACROSS-THE-LINE STARTERS
1 2 , 4-WIRE 3

L1, L3 PHASE 1
LINE MARKINGS L1, L2 L1, L2, L3
L2, L4 PHASE 2
L1 IS ALWAYS
GROUND WHEN USED UNGROUNDED L2

MOTOR RUNNING 1 ELEMENT L1

OVERCURRENT 2 ELEMENT L1, L4
UNITS IN 3 ELEMENT L1, L2, L3
CONTROL CIRCUIT L1, L2 L1, L3 L1, L2
CONNECTED TO
FOR REVERSING L1, L3 L1, L3
INTERCHANGE LINES

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RESISTORS CAPACITORS

ADJUSTABLE BY RHEOSTAT, POT, OR

FIXED FIXED ADJUSTABLE POLARIZED
FIXED TAPS ADJUSTABLE TAP

RES

+ _

H RES
RES

HEATING ELEMENT

FUSE BELL BUZZER HORN, HALF-WAVE FULL-WAVE

SIREN, ETC. RECTIFIER RECTIFIER
POWER OR
CONTROL AC

+ _
DC DC

AC

BATTERY IGNITRON SEMICONDUCTORS . . .

THERMOCOUPLE TUBE
TUNNEL UNIDIRECTIONAL
DIODE BREAKDOWN
DIODE
DOT IN TUBE (ZENER) DIODE
DENOTES GAS
+ _

. . . SEMICONDUCTORS . . .
BIDIRECTIONAL TRIAC SILICON PROGRAMMABLE
PHOTOSENSITIVE
BREAKDOWN (BIDIRECTIONAL CONTROLLED UNIT - JUNCTION
CELL
DIODE TRIODE THYRISTOR) RECTIFIER TRANSISTOR (PUT)

. . . SEMICONDUCTORS
TRANSISTOR UNIJUNCTION TRANSISTOR

PNP BASE NPN BASE P BASE N BASE

(C) (C)
(B2) (B2)
(E) (E)
(B) (B)

(E) (E) (B1) (B1)

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