Abstract: An electrical connector adapted for making and/or breaking an electrical connection in a fluid environment, having two mateable members forming the electrical connection within an internal receptacle which although open to external environment prior to mating, can be sealed from the external environment as part of the mating process. The connectors includes a passageway leading from the receptacle to the external environment through which any fluids within the receptacle can be expelled as the connection is being made. This passageway is interrupted during the mating process.