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A connector system includes a plug connector that latches to a receptacle connector when mated thereto, and which discourages unqualified personnel from unlatching the connectors to unmate them. The plug connector has a pair of narrow release passages (64, 66, FIG. 3) for receiving small rods (60, 6

A connector system includes a plug connector that latches to a receptacle connector when mated thereto, and which discourages unqualified personnel from unlatching the connectors to unmate them. The plug connector has a pair of narrow release passages (64, 66, FIG. 3) for receiving small rods (60, 62) of a release tool, the plug connector having a thin breakable barrier (70, 72) near the top of each passage. Unqualified mechanics hesitate to break the barriers, and even when the barriers are broken there are only small passages for viewing the latching mechanism. A pair of pin contacts (20, 22, FIG. 14) of the receptacle connector, are connected together until the two connectors are mated, by the use of a wire conductor (210) that has a portion that is wound into a coil (212) that is forced over one pin contact, the coil having an arm (216) that presses against the other pin contact. A bent metal strip contact having one end (90, FIG. 9) forming a socket and the other end (134) crimping to a wire, has its opposite ends offset by rolling a middle portion (162) of the strip about an axis (153) that is angled about 45°from axes (151, 152) at the opposite ends of the contact.

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An electrical connector system which includes a receptacle connector having a recess and a plurality of electrical first contacts, and a plug connector which has a plug part that fits into said recess and which has a plurality of electrical second contacts that are mateable to said first contacts, s

An electrical connector system which includes a receptacle connector having a recess and a plurality of electrical first contacts, and a plug connector which has a plug part that fits into said recess and which has a plurality of electrical second contacts that are mateable to said first contacts, said plug connector having a releasable latch mechanism which locks to said receptacle connector when they are engaged together, with one of said connectors having at least one release passage for receiving a release tool to release said latch mechanism so said connectors can be separated from each other, characterized by: said one of said connectors has an outer wall of largely rigid engineering plastic that includes a thin section forming a breakable barrier lying along said at least one passage, which blocks movement of the release tool along said passage until said barrier is broken but which breaks when said release tool is inserted into said at least one passage, to thereby discourage tool insertion by an unskilled person.