Solve Black Box Circuits w/ Switch & w/o Switch

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Hi

I'm experimenting with some black boxes and I'm trying to figure out what's their circuit. I can't seem to find what these two circuits could be.. Could someone please help me out?

The purple crosses mark which ports are connected to the power source (6V). The yellow marks show how hard every lamp is burning.

Circuit 1 w/ switch:
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The second setup shows the lamps when the switch is pushed.

Circuit 2 without switch:
circuit-2.png


The purpose is to get something like this: (this is from another black box I tried)
example.png


If anyone could help me with this, I'd be glad! Thanks!
 

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@scottdave They refer to the colors of the ports where you can plug the wires into. The wires are connected to a power supply (6V). The purpose is to get a circuit that you could rebuild the black box with.
 
And in the US, the Ladder Diagram used in industrial control schematics shows this for a lamp (although the Switch symbol shown here is rarely seen):

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from: https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/textbook/digital/chpt-6/ladder-diagrams/
 

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scottdave said:
OK, the circle with an x is a light bulb. I hadn't seen that used before.
tech99 said:
The Wiki article shows it as an incandescent lamp used as an indicator. It is taught to the kids at school in the UK.

Yeah, pretty standard here in Australia and New Zealand as well :smile:
 
Thank you very much all for your replies! Thanks to you guys I was able to solve my problem!
 
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