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Originally Posted by Jacks
That's not good. Do not plug anything into those outlets. Call an electrician. Sounds like somebody royally screwed up the wiring on those outlets. Someone needs to open those boxes, test all the wires and then put it back together properly.
Edit: It almost sounds like you have a 3 wire coming into the boxes carrying 2 hots and someone has hooked both hot wires to the outlet.
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Keep in mind this wiring has not been altered in probably over 40 years. Certainly not in the last 17 years we have lived here. There was also no incident that stopped these things from working, just woke up one morning and they didn't work.
My electrician friend also checked the outlets and said they were all wired correctly, despite the very odd readings. This was part of the reason he was baffled.
Don't worry though, we will be contacting a residential electrician soon.