On And Off Symbols Circle And Line
Simply put the straight line is the on and the circle is the off.
On and off symbols circle and line. We were recently in a hotel in berlin germany and the room heater had the line circle o symbol on it and we couldn t remember whether line means on and circle means off or the line means off and circle means on. Quality german engineering made the heater silent so there was no way to tell by listening. How to remember what the line and circle mean. These symbols represent an electrical circuit.
The well known on off power symbol was the result of the logical evolution in user interface design. Published on october 31 2016 october 31 2016 48 likes 0 comments. The straight line represents a closed circuit which means the switch is on and. 5 00 4 votes iec 5010 the power on off symbol line within a circle is used on buttons that switch a device between on and fully off states.