Outlets (top only) and lights wired together with trail wire not working

120-240vreceptacle

I have a room in my house where the top of each outlet is controlled by a switch, and all of the ceiling lights by another switch. I thought I could just bypass the switch for the outlets and have them on at all times, but it turned out to be more complicated than I anticipated. I would like some help putting it back to the way it was. Trouble is, I do not remember the way it was. There are only two wires coming into the switches indicated below, one coming into the room from the ceiling (top) and one coming into the room through the floor (bottom).

Here is how it is now:

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Problem is, now nothing works. What is the correct way to wire this?

EDIT: I do know for sure there was a trail wire connecting the two switches, I just do not know how they were connected

EDIT: Here is how the outlets are wired

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Best Answer

This is the correct way to wire what you have described (grounds not shown):

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You have 3-wire cable wired to your split receptacles, which means there should be 3-wire cable running to your switch in order to complete the circuit.

If there is only a 2-wire cable wired to your switch, then the power for your lights must be coming from somewhere else, and your switches should be wired like this:

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