House Electrical Wiring Drawing Symbols

Explanations for common household electrical items such as three way switches and switched duplex plug outlets are below the figure.

House electrical wiring drawing symbols. Drag and drop the symbols required for your home wiring diagram if you need additional symbols click on the libraries icon to see more symbol libraries. Wiring diagrams use simplified symbols to represent switches lights outlets etc. As a matter of fact a complete house wiring plan usually includes common electrical symbols such as lighting switches and sockets as well as basic floor plan symbols such as walls furniture and home appliances. Follow available templates floor plan electrical and telecom plan then double click on the icon and you can begin to design your own diagram.

Open a new wiring diagram drawing page. The wiring diagram is used for the representation of electrical components in their approximate physical location using their specific symbols and their interconnections using lines. Based on the basic floor plan structure a house wiring diagram is supposed to add more than just electrical symbols. There are several other electrical wiring symbols used in residential and commercial wiring but the above list of symbols are the important ones.

The most commonly used electrical blueprint symbols including plug outlets switches lights and other special symbols such as door bells and smoke detectors are shown in the figure below. Vertical and horizontal lines are used to represent wires and each line represents a single wire that connects between electrical components. Here is a standard wiring symbol legend showing a detailed documentation of common symbols that are used in wiring diagrams home wiring plans and electrical wiring blueprints.