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A normally closed switch is a switch that is normally closed. When you operate it, it opens.

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How can you tell that the switch in the image is closed?

because the leaver is closed and it it not open


Is the pressure switch high Normally open or normally close?

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What is the function of the closed switch in the circuit?

what does closed switch mean


Three different bulbs are connected in series when switch is closed the last bulb does not glow why?

because the switch is closed


How can you tell that the switch in the image is closed?

because the leaver is closed and it it not open


How can you tell that switch in the image in closed?

because the leaver is closed and it it not open


What determines if a circuit is open or closed?

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What is a closed transition switch?

The transistor have three regions namely cut off,active,and saturation.When the switch is in saturation region then it is called the transition on or we can say the switch is closed


What is a curcuit opened and closed with?

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Should a closed switch have continuity?

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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.


How do you adjust the brake light switch on a 1996 dodge truck?

What do you mean adjust it? Its a switch, its either open or closed. ie, on or off. The "switch" is open or closed but the "switch" has an adjustment on it, a lever to get the travel of the "open or closed switch" correct. Otherwise the brake lights stay on all the time. Can anyone "REALLY" answer the question, and not be a ?@#$%#@?


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.


What does a switch look like in circuit symbols?

---o-----o----- is a closed switch / / ---------o o------ is an open switch