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An electrical connector has a pair of complementally configured connector components which are adapted to be separated by a pressurized gas. Each of the connector components comprises a contact element and an insulating housing which are normally disposed in interengagement with a complemental contact element and a complemental insulating housing of the other connector component. One of the connector components includes passage-defining means which extends through the insulating housing and the corresponding contact element, and communicates with the other connector component. A passage-defining member is adapted to be coupled in sealing relationship with the passage-defining means, and the member in turn is adapted to be coupled with a source of pressurized gas. By introducing a quantity of the pressurized gas into the connector and directing the same through the one component and against the other component, the two components are caused to shift relatively away from each other.
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