Just "moving a wire" is not bypassing the ammeter in the context of these / related posts. More often than not, the problem is the bulkhead connector terminals.
If you have not done so, read the MAD article, even if you don't do it that way. That article explains the hows and the whys of this failure
Also if you have a specific problem, it generally is way better to start your own thread rather than bring up old threads. It gets confusing with several problems mixed into one thread