electricity 101 question

[mysterio2099]

I have a power "outlet" from an old computer PS with a + , - , and Ground wire.

I have a computer power chord plugged into it, with the + and - wires stripped and wrapped around two copper wires (from inside the power supply).

Right now, the wires are wrapped around a peice of wood with electrical tape holding them down, stuck inside a potato...
When I plugged it in, I got nothing.

I took a 18 week course for Electric AC/DC power, and I don't remember a thing from it....

What am I messing in the fry anything circuit?

[edfair]

Common sense, for starters. But that may come when you are blinded by a flash of light from something shorting from you mickey mouse hookup.
Alternating current will flow back and forth from the 2 non-ground connections you describe provided there is a source from somewhere, usually a power cord in the input receptical, and also provided that the wires connected to the source have sufficient connectivity (good connection) and the device to which it is connected has conductance (not an insulator).
I'm not sure about potato juice as an electrolyte. That is outside the range of my experience.
And by the way, you have improperly classified this as a fry anything circuit. It should be more correctly identified as a bake anything circuit, but that is strictly due to the current object of destruction.

[erucader]

What are you trying to accomplish exactly??

[mysterio2099]

what am I trying to accomplish? I want to fry stuff.....like a toad.....edfair didnt help....

[bailey]

if you don't kill your self or start a fire, the power supply will surely fry.
you not claer on what the wires are that you are useing.
is it the 12volt dc power from a computer power supply ?
whitch has the red and yellow and black wires, or are you talking about the 120 vac power cord that is the input power to the supply.

one will blow a fuse in the house main power panel and the other will not do anything.
as the power supply will not even turn on,
so which is it, ac or dc ?

also if you need to ask a question like this, you should not even be thinking about trying this

I ment this as counstructive critism

[pop-tart]

also if you need to ask a question like this, you should not even be thinking about trying this

agreed.

maybe if he's lucky he'll have the "bird on the wire" affect.

[edfair]

You realize of course that somebody could be held responsible if you kill yourself with advice given on the site.
I would suggest that you review the course work. Maybe it will make more sense this time.
And you probably can detect an attempt to insert some levity into a discussion of something you probably should leave well enough alone.

[TwoRails]

Originally posted by mysterio2099 what am I trying to accomplish? I want to fry stuff.....like a toad.....edfair didnt help....

Just curious, but what did the toad do to you to warrant it's death?

[kstatefan40]

You about acomplished your goal of frying something, you could have easily fryed YOURSELF

Did they not teach you not to play with 120 volts of electricity in school? Just playing wit ya.