Because it means that devices with that broken o symbol are not truly off until they are unplugged.
Power supply on off switch symbol.
A flip of the switch in one direction turns the device on and a flip in the other turns the device off.
Why is this important.
Some older devices instead have a power switch that accomplishes the same thing as a hard power button.
Iec 60417 5009 the standby symbol line partially within a broken circle indicates a sleep mode or low power state.
They are the international symbols for power on and power off.
I know i line and o circle symbols are used to specify a switch that turn on and off the power supply.
The power switch is a rocker switch and it has two symbols on the face.
To turn the power washer off press.
On off power button symbols i o.
I on but the o is really an interrupted circle with a line through it.
Iec 5010 the power on off symbol line within a circle is used on buttons that switch a device between on and fully off states.
The switch does not fully disconnect the device from its power supply this may appear on a toggle switch opposite a power on symbol alone on a pushbutton that places the device into a standby state or alone on a button that switches between on and standby.
Iec 5009 the standby symbol line partially within a broken circle indicates a sleep mode or low power state.
To turn the power washer on press the down on the power switch.
Because i thought that it represent a power line that can be plugged on symbol and a closed line and thus without power supply but seen that in wikipedia said that it can come from 1 and 0 used in binary to represent on and off bits i don t know.
It does not really represent off it represents low power.