Abstract: An electric jack for receiving an electrical plug having two discrete electrical contact portions and establishing an electrical connection therebetween. The jack comprises in combination a housing having an electrical plug receiving chamber, a plug tip reservoir purposed to contingently receive broken or otherwise separated portions of a previously inserted plug, an access/egress aperture communicating with the chamber for insertion therethrough of the electrical plug, a plurality of compressible, partially cylindrical contacts each having a circuit contact section and an electrical plug contact section and housed within the receiving chamber, with pin contacts positioned generally perpendicular to the base of the jack along opposite sides of the receiving chamber.