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Changed Outlets...Lights stay on...

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#1 ·
So i was changing out all of my almond colored outlets and switches for white because we have repainted. When I got done changing 4 outlets and 4 switches, the outlets are now all always on and the 2 switches that controlled the bottom outlets now do nothing.

There are 4 sets of plugs around the room, the bottom outlets have always been on a switch. There's a single 3-way switch on one side of the room for them then there's another 3-way switch on the other side of the room that is also for the outlets but that is also next to two other switches, one 3-way and one not.

The order of them are as follows:

3-way Outlets | 3-way Light at top of stairs | Outside front door light.

It seemed to me that I could potentially reversed something when I replaced both of those three ways but I don't think I did. I did each switch one at a time so as to not cross wires around.

Can anyone tell me if it's likely a switch or an outlet that might be causing it?

Thanks!
 
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#3 ·
That would possibly be it...I didn't take anything off the outlets as I replaced them

HOWEVER, the one outlet I didn't replace because it's behind a huge piece of furniture I will need help moving also has a lamp plugged into it and it doesn't turn on and off with the switch as it used to either, so that outlet wasn't touched.

Does that mean its a switch or does that mean the other outlets that were replaced are just completing a circuit so it won't respond to the switch?
 
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