HIGH-CURRENT ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR

An electrical connector (48), comprising: a first-housing (50) having a first-electrical-terminal (54); and a second-housing (52) configured to mate with the first-housing (50), the second-housing (52) including a protective-shroud (56) and a second-electrical-terminal (58) disposed within the protective-shroud (56), the protective-shroud (56) having a front-side (60), a back-side (62) aligned parallel to the front-side (60), a first-wall (64) aligned orthogonal to both the front-side (60) and the back-side (62), and a second-wall (66) aligned parallel to the first-wall (64), the front-side (60) defining a first-opening (68) that exposes a leading-edge (70) of the second-electrical-terminal (58), the back-side (62) including an extension (72) aligned perpendicular to the back-side (62), the extension (72) defining a second-opening (74) that exposes a portion of a trailing-edge (76) of the second-electrical-terminal (58),the protective-shroud (56) defining a terminal-slot (78) extending from the second-opening (74) to the first-opening (68) and bounded by the first-wall (64) and the second-electrical-terminal (58), the terminal-slot (78) configured to receive the first-electrical-terminal (54), wherein when the first-housing (50) is mated with the second-housing (52) the first-electrical-terminal (54) is disposed within the terminal-slot (78) in electrical and physical contact with the second-electrical-terminal (58) and the first-wall (64) and the extension (72) stabilize the first-electrical-terminal (54), wherein the extension (72) is configured to inhibit a standard probe (80) configured to simulate a human finger from contacting the trailing-edge (76) of the second-electrical-terminal (58) when the electrical connector (48) is in an un-mated condition.