0
Still curious? Ask our experts.
Chat with our AI personalities
Ross
Ezra
MaxineAdd your answer:
Earn +20 pts
When the switch is closed it means that?
There is a complete path for the electricity to flow. The opposite of an open circuit. If a light switch is on and the light comes on, the circuit is closed. If the switch is turned off, the light goes off because the circuit is open.
What is the difference between a normally open and a normally closed switch?
In switch language, open means to disconnect, or break the circuit. Some people call this "turned off". Closed, is to connect, or make the circuit. Some people call this turned on. In the case of a normally open switch, the switch is open (off) unless something takes action on the switch. Pushes a button for example, or holds a magnet near the switch, or other active force. A normally closed switch is closed (on) unless some force causes the switch to be opened.
How does a double pole switch work?
A switch is inserted in series with a single wire. When the switch is on, it is as if the wire had not been opened to insert the switch. When the switch is off the wire is open and no current can flow. All a double pole switch does is allows you to switch two separate wires at the same time with the same switch action. A single pole switch just switches one wire.
How do you turn off an electromagnet?
This is what makes a magnet an electromagnet - the ability to turn it on and off... Anyway, electromagnets can be turned off with either the help of a switch, or just by disconnecting the power supply.
How do you use turn off in a sentence?
Mary asked me to turn off the light, but I didnt want to because I was so tired that the switch seemed miles away.
