If it was shorted the fuse would blow
as soon as the amp was attached to a
source of power.

Excessive C-E leakage is a partial short
(where the C-E resistance with no bias
or signal applied is significantly above
zero but well below normal).

You should have known that.

I can see some things never change.
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Professor wrote:
Collector-Emitter leakage... LOL
What he's got is a shorted transistor. That's got nothing to do with
leakage.

Professor
www.telstar-electronics.com


Bill Eitner wrote:

The transistor that heats up immediately is
bad (excessive C-E leakage).

The DVM test procedure is to use the diode
check function. Imagine a transistor as
two diodes back-to-back with the base being
the common element. Test from base to emitter,
and from base to collector. You should only
get a reading in one direction on each test
(when the base is above either of the other
elements), and it should be around 600 mV.