Well, one thing I was avoiding suggesting, but which may help you, is to get your meter, and measure the current that would flow through that part. just set your current meter high enough (probably 10A) and put the probes on each pad where the component lives, then power on, and see what it draws. It'll probably draw far less than you think, but you don't want a trip current too low, so things like startup current (charging caps etc at first switch on) would trip out the circuit.
The meter won't show the initial switch on current, that's where oscilloscopes can come into their own, measuring across a shunt resistor (1Ω or 0.1Ω). A trace could show the initial peak switch-on current, which your meter may miss.