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DUH!!
Thought you could all have a laugh at my stupidity.
I needed an extra outlet in my bathroom. The area I wanted it was right underneath a double wall switch so I figured, no problem, I'll just pull it off a switch. So I installed the outlet and ran the wire into the switch box. One switch was for the light, the other for the fan. Since the light switch had several circuits going through it and the fan switch only had one, I hooked the wire into the fan switch hot lead. It was tough to tell which wire was black or white since they were all spraypainted, but I took my best guess.
Once everything was done and I turned the breaker on, I checked the outlet with an LED tester and realized the polarity was reversed, so I opened it up and switched the leads at the outlet. Now everything checked out and the light and fan worked well.
So I went to clean up the drywall powder and plugged the vacuum cleaner into my new outlet. I turned on the cleaner and heard only the sound of the fan come on....
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For me there is only the traveling on paths that have heart, on any path that may have heart. There I travel, and the only worthwhile challenge is to traverse its full length. And there I travel, looking, looking, ...breathlessly.
-Carlos Castaneda
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