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.
Outlet symbol on floor plan.
It s not always easy to make an educated guess about what a particular abbreviation or symbol might mean.
Explanations for common household electrical items such as three way switches and switched duplex plug outlets are below the figure.
Floor plans site plans elevations and other architectural diagrams are generally pretty self explanatory but the devil s often in the details.
Electric symbols on blueprints.
Electrical plan symbols power every engineering office uses their own set of symbols.
However the symbols below are fairly common across many offices.
A floor outlet may be a single outlet duplex outlet or more.
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Refer to the symbol sheet for special symbols used in a particular set.
The floor outlet symbol refers to an outlet that is flush mounted into a finished floor.