Hi there. I'm fairly new to reading schematics and am confused by one thing right now: What does it mean when you see one wire connecting into another wire on a circuit diagram? (See the attached example, with crossing red wires.) Thanks in advance for any help you can give! [Wiring-Connecting-No…

Mainly it means that someone couldn't be bothered to draw a proper schematic and instead delivered one of those stupid Fritzing things and there are no real rules for them. Crossing wires probably just means it's two separate wires and no connection between them. In the case where two red wires do …

I'm glad you didn't call that a schematic. Oh wait... You did... That's not a schematic... that's a fritzing picture. These make a lot of people unhappy. The normal SCHEMATIC way of showing that the wires are not just crossing but also "joined" is with a circular DOT at the joint of the wires. If t…

A good schematic avoids ambiguity by never having a 4-way joint, only 3-way ones: [image] Once a circuit diagram has been scanned, scaled, printed, rescanned etc the dots marking the joins may be illegible - the only-join-3 rule finesses the issue completely.

MarkT: A good schematic avoids ambiguity by never having a 4-way joint, only 3-way ones: [image] Once a circuit diagram has been scanned, scaled, printed, rescanned etc the dots marking the joins may be illegible - the only-join-3 rule finesses the issue completely. Many modern schematic prog…

There are three conventions you can use to denote wires crossing. Which one you choose determines how you must show the joints. [Wiring Symbols Crossings.jpg] My preference is to use B. [Wiring Symbols Crossings.jpg]

As others have pointed out you are not posting a schematic but a physical layout diagram. There are useless for conveying what a circuit is. There only use is for someone to blindly follow the wiring to construct it, without having any understanding about what is going on. They are very often a lot…

Wires Crossing on Schematic?

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Grumpy_Mike June 24, 2020, 5:15am 6

There are three conventions you can use to denote wires crossing. Which one you choose determines how you must show the joints.

My preference is to use B.

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Wires Crossing on Schematic?

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