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A light switch
A switch.
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.
If the switch is what is keeping the load from turning on, then yes, there is a voltage across the open switch.
An open switch circuit is a circuit where the switch is in the "off" position or where the circuit is not complete, preventing the flow of electricity through the circuit. This results in no current flowing and no electrical devices being powered or functioning.
When you turn on a light switch you do not have an open circuit.
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.
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So that when the switch is in the open position the circuit is open and electricity cannot complete the circuit. When the switch is closed it completes the circuit and electricity flows completing the circuit and powering the device.
An open switch position typically means the switch is in the off or disconnected state, where the circuit is broken. In a physical switch, the lever or toggle would be in the "off" position, indicating the open circuit.