# Maintained normally-open contact

Canonical URL: https://eloragrid.ai/symbols/maintained-normally-open-contact
Publisher: Elora Grid
Updated: 2026-10-13
Lookup label: NO HOLD
Drawing use: Schematic
Reference families: IEC, Manufacturer

A maintained NO contact retains the actuated closed position according to its mechanism or control arrangement.

## What it represents

A maintained NO contact retains the actuated closed position according to its mechanism or control arrangement. The drawing needs the release or reset action in addition to the unactuated contact state.

## How to read it

- Identify how the maintained position is released.
- The preview is an original explanation of this function. Match the actual drawing convention to its legend and the selected equipment documentation.

## Information to show or reference

- Show reference state
- Link retaining mechanism
- Document release action

## Important distinction

Maintained operation describes retention, whereas normally open describes the reference contact state.

## Facts

- Drawing role: Contact state
- Representation scope: Functional concept; not an official standard graphic or a product footprint
- Public vendor block reference: HCR2122F, VCR2122F (Autodesk identifiers; not IEC symbol numbers)
- Identifier status: The short label is a functional lookup label, not an assigned IEC or IEEE symbol number. Any separately listed Autodesk code is a verified vendor block name.

## Public references

- [Relays and contacts: public symbol reference](https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2021/ENU/AutoCAD-Electrical/files/GUID-011C62B8-9EC8-485C-B47D-B22A3F7B7574.htm) — Autodesk. Public documentation of this equipment function or named vendor variant; the illustration is independently authored and is not the source graphic.

## 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.