# ANSI/IEEE running-hours meter symbol

Canonical URL: https://eloragrid.ai/symbols/ansi-running-hours-meter
Publisher: Elora Grid
Updated: 2026-10-14
Lookup label: HOURS
Drawing use: SLD, Schematic
Reference families: IEEE / ANSI, Manufacturer

## Symbol convention

Convention: IEEE / ANSI
Form: Autodesk IEEE-oriented Instrumentation and Sensors functional form
Autodesk explicitly publishes this block under IEEE Symbol Preview. The counterpart is the matching functional concept; no equivalence of every detailed standard graphic is asserted.
Related representation: [Running-hours meter](https://eloragrid.ai/symbols/running-hours-meter)

IEEE-oriented graphical reference for running-hours meter, with public vendor evidence and drawing-reading notes.

## What it represents

The hour-meter form identifies elapsed-time accumulation while its specified enabling condition is active. The circuit should make clear whether this condition is supply energisation, equipment running feedback or another declared event.
This is a convention-specific lookup based on the publisher's IEEE-labelled preview. The geometry here is independently drawn to explain the connection or operation; it is not a certified reproduction of the standard graphic.

## How to read it

- Read the enable circuit instead of assuming it counts actual shaft running.
- Read the selected library and the project legend together. A vendor block identifier is meaningful within its named library and is not a universal standard-symbol code.

## Information to show or reference

- Identify enable contact
- State counted condition
- Reference retention/reset

## Important distinction

An hour meter accumulates duration; an operation counter counts discrete events.

## Facts

- Convention evidence: Autodesk IEEE Symbol Preview — Instrumentation and Sensors
- Public vendor block name: HIN1HRM (Autodesk identifier; not an IEEE symbol number)
- Standards context: IEEE/ANSI 315-1975 covers diagram graphics. IEEE lists this edition as Inactive-Reserved.
- Artwork scope: Original functional illustration; exact standard glyph and compliance are not certified

## Public references

- [Autodesk IEEE Symbol Preview — Instrumentation and Sensors](https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2021/ENU/AutoCAD-Electrical/files/GUID-F44D5059-4728-40BD-B9BA-0DE7CFDFAACF.htm) — Autodesk. Exact public IEEE-oriented category page verifying the component name and vendor block identifier.
- [IEEE/ANSI 315-1975: graphic symbols for electrical and electronics diagrams](https://standards.ieee.org/ieee/315/515/) — IEEE Standards Association. Graphic-symbol standards context and official status; not a source of reproduced artwork.

## Graphic scope

Independent original educational concept illustration by Elora Grid. Not a certified standards graphic or manufacturer footprint. Unitless; not to scale. Original artwork licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Publisher material is linked only.