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Automotive Electrical Circuits

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As shown below, all automotive electrical circuits have one or more of the following components:

  1. Power Source - Battery, Alternator, Capacitor, etc.
  2. Circuit Protection - Fuse, fusible link, Circuit Breaker.
  3. Control Device - Switch, switched on the power side or the ground side of the circuit.
  4. A Current path - Wire
  5. Electrical Load - Relay, Solenoid, light bulb, motor, etc.
  6. Ground path - leading to the battery negative post.
Copyright 2008, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. jfrank. (2008, February 12). Automotive Electrical Circuits. Retrieved May 16, 2012, from WSU Web site: http://ocw.weber.edu/automotive-technology/ausv-1320-automotive-electronics/8-wiring-diagrams/automotive-electrical-circuits. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Creative Commons License