Electricity basics—need some help!

Greetings, everyone. My apologies for dropping this question here—I’m not entirely sure where it belongs. If a moderator could move this to the correct thread, please let me know so I can find my way next time.

Look, I am a complete novice when it comes to electricity. I want to grasp the basics, at least theoretically, before I actually have to deal with it. I don't want to walk in blind. Specifically, I need to understand different phases—where they are used and how they differ. I'm looking for the simplest possible diagram of an electrical circuit. Voltage, current, resistance... just the essential fundamentals of household electricity. That's my priority. I've tried searching online, but it's a mess. Every link I click leads to a wall of dense, overwhelming text, and I have no idea where to start. Any guidance would be appreciated.

First things first—what’s the actual end goal here?
You claim you don't know the first thing about this stuff, so honestly, I highly doubt you could even frame a decent question if you tried.
Before you even think about touching anything electrical, you need to wrap your head around basic electrical engineering—just Google it.

So, natural science is currently getting into a massive brawl over electricity, or at least some high-level version of it, if you can even call it that.

If you would permit me to offer a small suggestion: perhaps you might consider picking up a standard 7th-grade middle school physics textbook
or even a freshman year high school edition

In my humble estimation, that should provide more than enough foundational knowledge to get you started

and from there, you can begin to build upon those basics at your own pace.

If I'm not mistaken, you're actually looking for a broad, general foundation in electrical engineering?
A bit of theory mixed with some practical application, perhaps...
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Peter Morgan3 said:If I'm reading you right, you're actually looking for a broad, general grasp of electrical engineering?
A mix of theory and hands-on application, just a little bit of everything?
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a little bit of everything😛

Are you heading out to Germany?
Are you an electrician, electricgull63?
It seems that whenever our people arrive... they believe they can handle everything... effortlessly.
Haha.

Could you please be more specific about what exactly is on your mind?
Do I want to work on electrical wiring at home? Or perhaps attempt to wire up a motor? I am still weighing my options.