I tested to see if the old electrician used the neutral as the feed (he did not).
You tested before or after??? I think he
did use the white (not neutral) as the "feed" because that's how it is done.
I think:
One of the receps
was 1/2 switched.
In this box you need to hook the
black hot to the
white going to the switch and pry off the tab between the brass screws on the recep.
If you don't know which one was switched, you mare going to have to find out. Turn power off, disconnect wiring, put a continuity tester on the switch wires and go around touching the blacks to whites.
If you do know which recep was switched, disconnect the wiring, make sure the ends are safe, turn on the power and test for voltage between the whites and blacks. One pair is power, the other is going to the switch.
When replacing the receps, you did them all the same with whites on the silver screws and blacks on the brass screws. This sends power to the switch on the black and dead shots to the white when turned on.
Pay attention people.:jester:
Edit. I probably didn't explain this very good.
In the 1/2 switched recep box you have 2 12/2's.
One is power in (black/white..hot neutral). The other is a switch loop going to the switch.
On a switch loop, you use the white as power to the switch and the black as the switch leg back to whatever is being switched (half of the recep in this case)
At the recep box, tie the hot power to the white switch loop and leave a short pigtail for the hot half of the recep. The black from the switch loop goes to the switched half of the recep. The single white/neutral goes to the silver/neutral side of the recep.
Break the tab on the hot side of the recep.
If you for some reason want the entire recep switched, don't use a pigtail and don't break the tab.
This stuff is easier to do than to explain.
