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Default Dryer GE not heating

Got a call from a couple friends, their clothes dryer is no heat.
GE electric dryer, 240 volts.

* Three thermostats, what I'd call thermal cutouts. All of them
read 0.5 ohms.
* Two heater elements, both about 15 ohms
* Dryer is getting 240 volts, as measured at the plug with the
unit running
* Motor spins fine, drum tumbles. Some lint, but not bad.
* With dryer running, (and drum out) the element reads 120 volts
to ground, but less than one volt from one end of element to the
other, or any combination of leads
* The connection block where the heavy dryer whip (cord) looks
fine, no signs of wires burnt off at the connection block.

Any other ideas what might be wrong?

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