Ambiguity with circuit symbols

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If I wanted to draw say a verical thermistor in a circuit diagram, it can look like any one of these four:

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Is there a convention for which one to pick, or are all of them valid in any situation where a vertical thermistor is drawn?

Thanks

Best Answer

None of those look like a thermistor symbol to me. The usual schematic symbol looks like this:

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or this:

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Depending on whether the origin of the schematic is US/Asia or Europe respectively.

Edit:

Since it's an LDR- no the direction the light is coming from does not normally make a difference to the understandability of the schematic. It's a schematic, not a pictorial diagram. However, in the case where there is a light source closely coupled to the LDR which is part of the same schematic, it's common to show them together as below:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-n6zFBtshAEQ/TaTpT1kuJ_I/AAAAAAAAAW4/V91kFNkF-AU/s1600/smoke-detector-circuit.gif

The symbol shown in the above schematic is the one most commonly used in North America and Asia. The European symbol appears to be more like yours.