Electrical – Power switch circuit

powerswitching

The drawings below are controlled power switches. I already tried them both and seems to work. Can someone tell me please which is better to use? Any advantage and disadvantage.

Switch

Best Answer

You're trying to compare a BJT and MOSFET in switching application.
First you need to define your application (power, frequency, current, voltage...etc), then you compare the two transistors according to the datasheet of each one.
Bipolar transistors are more adapted to a general purpose switching applications, for high power MOSFET are more suitable because they are faster than BJT. for the MOSFET see the switching parameters in the datasheet. BJT loss current when they are used in high power applications.