help with offorad light wiring

[nofear4189]

my 92 pickup was wired for extra "offroad" as i call them lights that are to be mounted on the front bumper. I gues the previous owner had them on, and took them off when he sold it. It is all wired with switch and everything. Well, today i mounted 2 new APC offroad lights on the bumper, and did not hook them up yet. I unhooked the 3 wires going into the switch, and hooked them into a new switch that came with the APC lights. WEll, i guess the wiring hookups wust have been different from the old switch to the new. When i turned the switch to on, i heard a click sound come from the engine comp. and i quickly unhooked it. I then put the wires back into the old switch the way they were when it worked, and the switch didnt light up as it did before i heard the click. I opened the hood and checked the fuse between the + terminal from the batt. and a little black box where all the wires come into, and it was still good. I fiddled around with it a little, but it still didnt work. I had to leave and didnt get to finish checking it. Any suggestions to where the prob could be? Im gonna test the wires tomorow and see if i can find a prob. Im sure its at that box, but not 100%. Any other suggestions of where to check qould be helpful. If i cant find the prob, ill just re-wire the system with the wires provided by APC with the lights. (i can do that, but id just rather fix the old wiring,... its be easier)

thanks,

-Adam-

[CraigW]

The click is probably a relay. Locate the relay, (by ear) as it would be central to the current wiring and you can trace from there.

[nofear4189]

ok, ill check it out. Im going to test some things with our tester and see if that little box is my problem. That could be the relay. I dont really want to test with the clicking too much... thats all i need, is a fried computer or something.

thanks,

-Adam-