psu24369
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I've been replacing the electrical outlets in my house and haven't really had many problems up until this point. For whatever reason, I cannot for the life of me figure out this one outlet. The top of the outlet is controlled by a switch and the bottom of the outlet is always on. Here's a picture of the wiring of the old outlet:
(If image not shown, it can be found at http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/683/outlet2.gif/)
I've indicated the colors of the wires, with the wires being the circles.
I went ahead and wired a new outlet like this:
(If image not shown, it can be found at http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/685/outlet1.gif/)
I thought that that was the correct wiring, but the top of the outlet doesn't work (I've checked when the switch was both on and off). Any ideas as to what I am doing wrong? Thanks.
(If image not shown, it can be found at http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/683/outlet2.gif/)
I've indicated the colors of the wires, with the wires being the circles.
I went ahead and wired a new outlet like this:
(If image not shown, it can be found at http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/685/outlet1.gif/)
I thought that that was the correct wiring, but the top of the outlet doesn't work (I've checked when the switch was both on and off). Any ideas as to what I am doing wrong? Thanks.
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