Thank you for replying… Yes, we shorted the multimeter leads with a double-ended aligator clip.

As an alternative, just now, I tried shorting it with 12awg solid copper, and alterntiavely, also tried 24awg solid copper.  To short it, similar to the picture provided earler, I put the two leads of the multimeter into the output terminals of the 091016, and shorted directly across those leads.  In all cases, the multimeter is reporting steady 2.3a.

Other thoughts?

Thanks!