A NONSTRIP CONNECTOR FOR INSULATED CONDUCTORS COMPRISING A CONDUCTOR RECEPTACLE, INCLUDING MEANS FOR SUPPORTING AN INSULATED CONDUCTOR THEREIN, THE RECEPTACLE, INCLUDING CAM MEANS ON THE INSIDE SURFACE THEREOF, A CONDUCTIVE INSERT COOPERATING WITH AND INSERTABLE INTO THE RECEPTACLE, THE INSERT INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE DISPOSABLE INSULATION PENETRATING MEANS, THE RECEPTACLE HAVING ITS MAXIMUM INTERNAL WIDTH APPROXIMATING THE MAXIMUM CLEARANCE WIDTH OF THE INSERT PRIOR TO DEPRESSION OF THE INSULATION PENETRATING MEANS, WHEREBY AFTER THE CONDUCTOR HAS BEEN POSITIONED ION THE RECEPTACLE, THE CAM MEANS COOPERATES WITH THE PENETRATING MEANS WHEN THE INSERT

IS INSERTED INTO THE RECEPTACLE TO DEFLECT THE PENETRATING MEANS INWARDLY TO PENETRATE THE INSULATION ON THE CONDUCTOR AND THUS MAKE AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION.