Clicking noise coming from Fuse box. Please help

[-DSM2NR-]

This forum doesn't have a electrical section so I didn't know where else to put this thread.

Anyways, this is really weird. I jump into my car in order to head to work but the car didn't want to fire up. So I'm thinking that it might be a drained battery. As I turn the switch to turn the headlights on I hear some kind of a clicking noise (the headlights didn't come on). I open the hood and notice that the noise is coming from the headlight fuse on the fuse box. I pull the fuse and then then turn the headlight switch and there's no more noise. So I think that it's probably just a bad headlight fuse that's causing the problem but no, I replace the current headlight fuse with another fuse of the same kind but the clicking noise is still there

Anybody know what the problem is? I'd appritiate any help. The car won't even fire up because of this

 

[-DSM2NR-]

nevermind. I just fixed my problem. I'm surprised how little battery corrosion can make a car not function right

 

[diablos991]

It doesn't take much. I had a battle with corrosion recently and will share some tips that I found.

• The corrosion will often times "walk" up a cable. Peel back the corroded wires and check to see how far the corrosion has traveled. Clean the cables accordingly. Replace cables if needed.
• Carefully inspect and clean the cables leading to the starter, as any corrosion here could easily cause a no start.
• Make sure that all nodes (on battery and starter) are clean with a shiny surface to best promote conductivity.