Electrical disconnect with push-in connectors

摘要

A wire connector has an enclosure including a housing (14) and a cap and one or more contacts (94,104) supported in the enclosure. The contacts each have outer ends opposite wire ports in the cap to receive a stripped end of a wire in a push-in engagement. One set of contacts has a male blade (102) and the other set of contacts has a female socket (112) at the inner or forward ends thereof. The housings are arranged so that two housings are releasably engagable with one another. When two housings are engaged the male contacts electrically engages the female contacts of the other housing. The female contacts include a sacrificial tine (114) that is always first to make and last to break engagement with the male contact so that any degradation due to arcing always occurs at the sacrificial tine.