Abstract: An insulation displacement connector is provided that has two housings. The first housing encloses surge protection. Terminals extend from the first housing. The second housing has insulation displacement terminals with first ends for connection with insulated wires and with second ends for connection to the terminals extending from the first housing. The two housings are to be joined together to complete an electrical line from one insulation displacement terminal to the other via the surge protection. Thus, surge protection is in one sub assembly protected from the environment, and the insulation displacement terminals are in another subassembly protected from the environment. The housings have a detent assembled condition enabling relative positional adjustment before joining of the housings. Electrical testing for the line circuit and for the surge protection may be performed upon the closed assembly.

Abstract: A loading coil assembly comprises a casing with an end disc at the inlet end which carries a central column extending axially in the casing. At the end of the column remote from the inlet end a support member is mounted, and a plurality of magazines, each holding a number of coils, hangs from the support member. Additional support members in the form of rings can be mounted on the column, with further magazines hanging from the rings, in one or more circles. The size of casing varies with the number of support members and rings of magazines. The casing is closed by a further end disc and filled with an expanded plastic material. A plastic material outer casing is applied over the casing.