Electrocute a Pickle

Materials Needed:

• Power cord
• Wire strippers
• Soldering iron
• Two forks
• Two alligator clips
• Plate (non-conductive)
Step 1:
Clip off the end of the power cord--the end that plugs into something, and not into the wall. Peel back the outer insulation. You will see three cords: two 'hot' (often black and white), and one 'ground (for example, green). Snip back the ground cord.
Step 2:
Strip the ends of the two remaining cords.
Step 3:
Solder alligator clips to the ends of the stripped cables.
Step 4:
Attach each alligator clip to a fork. Place these forks on a non-conductive plate--something that it not metal, tin or aluminum. Make sure that the forks do not touch anything conductive.
Step 5:
Jam the forks into the two ends of a pickle. Make sure that the two cords are not at all touching.
Step 6:
Carefully, plug in your power cord. You may want to plug this cord into a power strip, and then flip the switch on. This method provides more control, and is safer.
Step 7:
Turn on the electricity, and watch your pickle glow orange and yellow with electricity. When you are done, turn off your power strip, and unplug the cord. Only handle your equipment when you are 100 percent certain that it isn't connected to a power source.