mjf
Senior Member
Guess why the switched 1/2 of the receptacle was constant hot.
They didn't break the tab.
Was something external to the circuit involved? A possible screwy backfeed situation....
Like a two-120 to one-240 convertor with one side plugged into the switched receptacle?Was something external to the circuit involved? A possible screwy backfeed situation....
Badly dressed wire at one duplex bridging where the tab was removed?All correctly wired and no other circuit involved.
Screwy situation is warm though!!!
Badly dressed wire at one duplex bridging where the tab was removed?
Would that still count as wired correctly?
Like a two-120 to one-240 convertor with one side plugged into the switched receptacle?
So mjf, are you saying that the single switch was wired to three separate switched halves of duplex receptacles?
One receptacle with an internal defect could power all three.
Were tabs removed on the neutral side too?
7:52PM......
Edit: MJF needs a new clock.
7:45 on my clock
The dang nam long a$$ screws that came with the fancy-schmansy cover plates were the culprit. They were somehow internally connecting the top and bottom halves of the duplexes.
When I finally found out, I cut the screws shorter, installed 3 more new receptacles (incase the ones I'd just installed were damaged) and PRESTO!!!
Just figured I'd share incase one of you runs across something similar you might save some time.
These were standard duplexes (single center screw) not decora style and the cover plate screws were about 1 inch long. I cut them down to about 1/2 inch and all is well.
That doesn't make any sense to me ? Does it make sense to any body else ? If the center cover plate screw is the culprit, wouldn't the screw be hot w/120 V ?