[TheHWcave] found a Fluke 27 multimeter that looked like it had had ... but that was a simple blown fuse in the line. Since it was working, it was worth some time to clean up the ugly exterior ...

Fluke’s budget meter doesn’t measure current. If you ever look inside a meter, you’ll usually find two fuses, one for measuring Amps and the other for all the other functions on the scope.