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Originally Posted by bandersen
Yes, it should read nearly 0 ohms. Replacemenets are available. You could also just short it out with a jumper while testing to eliminate it as a problem. I had a Motorola where several of the filament chokes had corroded and gone open.
I'm not sure I understand when you say you connected the ground lead and saw 4 VAC. What was the other lead connected to ? Was it not connected to anything ? What type of meter are you using - is it battery or AC powered ?
Touching a meter lead shouldn't cause something to smoke unless you were on the current or resistance scale by accident.
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Battery powered multi-meter. Set it to measure VAC on the 20 setting. Connected the ground lead of the meter to chassis and with the other lead still in my hand, not touching anything, meter was reading 4 VAC. Then touched it to pin 3 and that's when normal static in audio faded out and then saw smoke. Tried it twice with same result just to be sure.