Help Me Troubleshoot

Yes, I certainly had reversed the neutral and hot. I was so certain that I hadn't that I ignored that possibility, got out the VOM and began to make the simple error on my part much too complicated. I woke up during the night after reviewing ManitouF's post over and over in my head and rewired the plug, switching the black and white and everything works like a charm. The cheap Chinese plug that I replaced was largely a block of pot metal with wires running in and blades coming out. I should have realized that it was not as easy as I had thought to be able to see which wire was connected where.

Thanks for all of the input. If only I'd paid more attention to the very first reply. Thanks, newman fulltimer. Live and learn.

John