"Richard Casady" wrote
an ammeter with a 10A fuse may not be very helpful
in a circuit that's tripping a 15A breaker

A good digital you can plug it into a wall socket with it on Ohms
without damage.

I'll keep that in mind in case I ever want to try it.

My point is that, at best, a current measurement in this case is only going
to tell you what you already know.