Electrical tap connector

摘要

An electrical tap assembly (10) is provided for connecting at least one tap wire (12) to at least one through wire (14). The assembly includes a dielectric housing body (16) having a wire slot (22) for receiving the tap wire, a through wire passage (24) for receiving the through wire and a terminal=receiving cavity (26) extending in a direction transverse to the wire slot and the through wire passage. A terminal (30) is positionable in the terminal-receiving cavity (26) and includes a first insulation displacement end (50) for connection to the tap wire (12) and a second insulation displacement end (54) for connection to the through wire (14). The terminal (30) is movably mounted in the cavity (26) for movement between a first position allowing insertion of the tap wire (12) into the wire slot (22) and a second position with the first insulation displacement end (50) terminating the tap wire (12). A shoulder (60) is provided on the terminal for engagement by an appropriate insertion tool to drive the terminal from its first position to its second position. A dielectric housing closure (18) is mountable on the housing body (16) and is engageable with the through wire (14) in the through wire passage (24) in the housing body for driving the through wire into insulation displacement termination with the second insulation displacement end (54) of the terminal (30). <IMAGE>