A device that conducts when high voltage is applied is usually a 'spark gap' and those parts don't look like any I've ever seen.
If they are meant to bleed static voltages to ground then they could be very high resistance resistors (10MΩ or higher) but that doesn't mean they can't suffer from 'flashover'.
But, if you've got a Fluke then you should get an actual reading from the component......
yeah,, ok, thank you , Thats what i thought too,,, i will head in that direction,, Yes, as in flashover,, the two damaged conponents were actually arcing across betweet each other,,,
