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Originally Posted by Kevin Kuehn
Well I was wondering about that too, but this thing shows .034 drop in both directions when my Fluke 75 is in diode check, but it also shows 53 ohms resistance in both directions.  |
Many of the HOTs that contained built-in damper diodes also had a 50-100 ohm internal resistor across the B-E junction. I'm sure this is what you are seeing here.
If it was not blowing fuses and generating HV, the HOT is likely just fine.