Basic Electrical Symbols - Common
Basic electrical symbols like earth electrode, cell, battery, source, ideal source,
resistor, variable resistor, pre-set resistor, attenuator, capacitor, antenna, diode LED,
crystal are included here.
Earth electrode is a metal plate, water pipe, or other conductors of electricity
partially buried in the earth so as to constitute and provide a reliable conductive
path to the ground
Cell is a device containing electrodes immersed in an electrolyte, used for
generating current or for electrolysis.
Battery is a container consisting of one or more cells, in which chemical energy
is converted into electricity and used as a source of power.
Source is a part of a field-effect transistor from which carriers flow into the inter-
electrode channel.
Ideal source includes ideal voltage source and ideal current source. An ideal
source is a theoretical concept of an electric current or voltage supply (such as a
battery) that has no losses and is a perfect voltage or current supply. Ideal
sources are used for analytical purposes only since they cannot occur in nature.
Resistor is a device having resistance to the passage of an electric current.
Capacitor is a device used to store an electric charge, consisting of one or more
pairs of conductors separated by an insulator.
Antenna is an electrical device which converts electric power into radio waves,
and vice versa.
Some most commonly-used basic electrical symbols used in schematic diagrams are shown
below:
Basic Electrical Switches and Relays Symbols
The picture below shows switches symbols. Switch 1P, isolator 1P, circuit
breaker 1P, SPST, SPDT, DPST, DPDT and more symbols are available here.
Switch is a device for making and breaking the connection in an electric circuit.
Isolator is a mechanical switch that isolates a part of a circuit from the system as
when required. Electrical isolators separate a part of the system from rest for
safe maintenance works.
SPST is a single-pole, single-throw (SPST) switch.
SPDT is single-pole, double-throw (SPDT) switch.
DPST is double-pole, single-throw (DPDT) switch.
DPDT is a double-pole, double-throw (DPDT) switch.
Basic Electrical Transmission Path Symbols
The picture below shows transmission path symbols like wire, multi-line bus,
straight bus, junction, terminal, test point, label, outware flow, inware flow, etc.
Wire is used to connect the components in a circuit.
Test point is a location within an electronic circuit that is used to either monitor
the state of the circuitry or to inject test signals.
Outward flow means flowing outwardly, so inward flow means flowing inwardly.
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The following table lists some basic electrical symbols in our electrical drawing software.
Electrical
Name Alternate Symbol Function Description
Symbol
A connection to earth. Used
for zero potential reference
ground and electrical shock
protection.
Equipotentiality is a symbol to
identify parts that have the
same voltage (i.e. same
electrical potential i.e.
equipotential). Since
equipotentiality equipotential surfaces all have
the same voltage, you won't
get shocked if you touch two
such surfaces (unless of
course you are also touching
some OTHER part that has a
different potential from the
first two).
Connected to the chassis of
chassis the circuit.
Supplies electrical energy. A
battery is more than one cell.
battery It generates constant voltage
and represents a battery in an
equipment package.
A resistor restricts the flow of
current, for example to limit
resister the current passing through
an LED. A resistor is used with
a capacitor in a timing circuit.
A box with input and control
logic on one side, and output
attenuator
on the other.
A capacitor stores electric
charge. A capacitor is used
with a resistor in a timing
capacitor circuit. It can also be used as a
filter, to block DC signals but
pass AC signals.
Accumulators are designed to
accumulator increase or relieve pressure in
the system.
An antenna is a radio antenna
that can be made of a simple
antenna
wire, with a center-fed driven
element.
A loop antenna is a radio
antenna consisting of a loop
(or loops) of wire, tubing, or
loop antenna other electrical conductors
with its ends connected to a
balanced transmission line.
A crystal oscillator uses the
mechanical resonance of a
crystal vibrating crystal of
piezoelectric material to
create an electrical signal with
a very precise frequency.
A circuit breaker is an
automatically operated
electrical switch designed to
circuit breaker protect an electrical circuit
from damage caused by
overload or short circuit.
A type of sacrificial
overcurrent protection device.
fuse
Represents low voltage and
power fuses.
ideal source
generic component
transducer
A coil of wire creates a
magnetic field when current
passes through it. It may have
an iron core inside the coil. It
can be used as a transducer
inductor converting electrical energy to
mechanical energy by pulling
on something. It is a passive
two-terminal electrical
component used to store
energy in a magnetic field.
half inductor
pickup head
pulse
saw tooth
step function
Explosive squib is often used
explosive squib on stage and film to trigger
various special effects.
sensing link squib
squib igniter
Surge protectors protect your
surge protectors electronics from power surges
in your electrical system.
For example, a voltmeter is an
instrument used for
measuring the electrical
potential difference between
instrument two points in an electric
circuit. The wattmeter is an
instrument for measuring the
electric power in watts of any
given circuit.
material
Delay element provides a
specified delay between the
delay element
actuation of the propellant-
actuated devices.
A permanent magnet is a
permanent magnet material or object that
produces a magnetic field.
magnet core
ferrite core
igniter plug
The electric bell is found in a
normal house doorbell, and
bell when activated it makes a
ringing sound.
An electrical buzzer is similar
to the bell, but instead of a
buzzer
single tone or bell sound it
makes a constant buzz noise.
thermal element
thermocouple
thermopile
A transducer converts
electrical energy to light,
which is used for a lamp
lamp providing illumination, for
example a car headlamp or
torch bulb.
fluorescent lamp
A speaker can take digital
input and turn it into
analogue sound waves. One
speaker of the most important parts
of a wide range of electrical
products like TVs and
telephones.
microphone
Produces a repetitive
oscillator electronic signal, often a sine
wave or a square wave.
Alternating Current,
AC source
continually change direction.
Direct Current, always flow in
DC source
one direction.
