polymorph:
What do you mean by this? You mean you put the meter inline with the LED, or you put the meter directly across the battery?
I connected the positive of the battery to the +red probe of the multimeter and connected the positive of the LED to the -Black probe of the multimeter.
Boardburner2:
He read 47 mA so i suspect a an accident with the probes tripped something.
or maybe the multimeter is real crappy. I think only the Voltage and resistance part of my multimeter is reliable.