Current Should Flow When Circuit Breaks

[Electroenthusiast]

Current Should Flows When Circuit Breaks

I mean when the circuit is broken, i have to make a bulb glow and it should stop glowing when circuit is closed... the bulb may be in parallel or series,
Please see this below Picture to get my question

 

[Mike_2545]

Use a DPDT relay and put the bulb on the NC contacts

 

[Electroenthusiast]

Use a DPDT relay and put the bulb on the NC contacts

Thanx, but may i know more about it?
but still the current through the circuit is too low....
will it be able to make relay work?

 

[OutToLunch]

battery positive terminal to a resistor. the resistor to the bulb. the bulb to the battery negative terminal. place a switch in parallel with the bulb.

 

[MikeMl]

Here's how I do this. With the switch closed, the supply current is only 2uA. With the switch open, the current through the load is determined only by the load resistance and supply voltage, with no current wasted.

The FET can be almost anything that has a Vg < (supply voltage/2), a Vd> (supply voltage), and an On-resistance small compared to the load resistance.

 

[Electroenthusiast]

battery positive terminal to a resistor. the resistor to the bulb. the bulb to the battery negative terminal. place a switch in parallel with the bulb.

yes...i'm using water as a switch, resistance of water is high,
i dont know what resistance i should use,
and my other question is that the switch will be on for a very long time like 24 hrs a day, will this decrease the battery life? Battery i'm using? if yes, i may require a alternative

 

[Electroenthusiast]

Here's how I do this. With the switch closed, the supply current is only 2uA. With the switch open, the current through the load is determined only by the load resistance and supply voltage, with no current wasted.

The FET can be almost anything that has a Vg < (supply voltage/2), a Vd> (supply voltage), and an On-resistance small compared to the load resistance.

Thanx...i'l look through it, i've expanded the details of mycircuit in detail now, what do you say?

 

[MikeMl]

Since the 4.7meg resistor in my circuit can only source 2uA (from 9V), then if the resistance of the probes in the water is less than about 1meg, the FET will turn off because the gate voltage is less than Vt. If you know the effective resistance of your probes in water, you could select the gate pull-up resistor based on the ratio...

With 4.7meg and probes immersed, the battery current is only 2uA, which most batteries can source for a very long time...