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Electrical Symbols — Electrical Circuits

A circuit diagram or wiring diagram uses symbols to represent parts of a circuit. Electrical and electronic circuits can be complicated. Making a drawing of the connections to all the component parts in the circuit's load makes it easier to understand how circuit components are connected. Drawings for electronic circuits are called "circuit diagrams". Drawings for electrical circuits are called "wiring diagrams".

Electrical Symbols - Electrical Circuits

Pic. 1. Electrical Circuits Library

ConceptDraw DIAGRAM is a powerful software for creating professional looking electrical diagram quick and easy. For this purpose you can use the Electrical Engineering solution from the "Engineering" area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

Electrical Engineering Solution for ConceptDraw DIAGRAM provides the stencils libraries of ready-to-use predesigned 926 vector symbols, templates and samples that make your electrical drawing quick, easy and effective.

26 libraries of the Electrical Engineering Solution of ConceptDraw DIAGRAM make your electrical diagramming simple, efficient, and effective. You can simply and quickly drop the ready-to-use objects from libraries into your document to create the electrical diagram.

Electrical Symbols

Pic. 2. Electrical Engineering symbols

Electrical diagram software will assist you in drawing your electrical diagrams with minimal effort and makes it very easy for beginners. Electrical symbols and smart connectors help present your electrical drawings, electrical schematic, wiring diagrams and blue prints.

Electrical Symbols — Electrical Circuits *

Pic. 3. Electrical Symbols — Electrical Circuits

Most of the electrical symbols can be changed in their appearance, styles and colors according to users' requirements. Electrical symbols are used to represent various electrical and electronic devices in a schematic diagram of an electrical or electronic circuit.

The following table lists some electrical circuits electrical symbols in our electrical diagram software.

Symbol Meaning
Electrical Symbols — Electrical Circuits
GroundGround
EquipotentialityEquipotentiality
ChassisChassis
Chassis 2Chassis 2
CapacitorCapacitor
Variable capacitorVariable capacitor
Capacitor 2Capacitor 2
Variable capacitor 2Variable capacitor 2
AntennaAntenna
Antenna 2Antenna 2
Circuit breakerCircuit breaker
FuseFuse
Fuse 2Fuse 2
Alarm fuseAlarm fuse
Alarm fuse 2Alarm fuse 2
Circular generic componentCircular generic component
Rectangular generic componentRectangular generic component
TransducerTransducer
Capacitive transducerCapacitive transducer
Non-capacitive transducerNon-capacitive transducer
Recording pickup headRecording pickup head
Reproducing pickup headReproducing pickup head
Positive pulsePositive pulse
Negative pulseNegative pulse
Alternating pulseAlternating pulse
Saw toothSaw tooth
Positive step functionPositive step function
Negative step functionNegative step function
Explosive squibExplosive squib
Sensing link squibSensing link squib
Squib ignitorSquib ignitor
Unspecified materialUnspecified material
Solid materialSolid material
Semiconducting materialSemiconducting material
LiquidLiquid
Insulating materialInsulating material
GasGas
ElectretElectret
Surge protectorSurge protector
Multigap surge protectorMultigap surge protector
Valve surge protectorValve surge protector
Electrolytic surge protectorElectrolytic surge protector
Carbon block surge protectorCarbon block surge protector
Protective gap surge protectorProtective gap surge protector
Sphere gap surge protectorSphere gap surge protector
Horn gap surge protectorHorn gap surge protector
Igniter plugIgniter plug
Circuit breakerCircuit breaker
JunctionJunction

A schematic is a diagram of an electrical circuit. A schematic doesn't look like a life like a circuit, but it does show the essential connections. Schematics use symbols to represent components in the circuit. We use conventions in a schematic, we use them to represent the way electricity flows. The common convention we use is from the positive to the negative terminal. The realistic way electricity is from the negative to the positive terminal.


How to Create an Schematic of Circuit Using Electrical Circuits Library

  • Open ConceptDraw DIAGRAM new document page.
  • Select libraries from Electrical Engineering section.

    Libraries from Electrical Engineering section

  • Electrical circuits library contains objects, identified by a blue tile in the library pane. Such objects can be edited by using the Action button menu. To open the menu select an object and click the Action Button button in the upper right corner of the object. Action button menu
  • Select the Smart Connector tool Smart Connector. To connect elements using this tool, drag the connector from one connect dot to another.You can use Layers to place connections on different layers.
  • Result: Schematic of Circuit.
    Electrical Circuits Diagram






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