Grounding Connector System

A connector system to provide electrical connections can include a base and a plug. The base can include a base body, a base bore that can extend axially into the base body along a base axis, a lay-in slot that can open at a sidewall of the base body, and a base conductor channel that can be formed by the lay-in slot and intersects the base bore. The plug can have a first end that can be sized to be received in the base bore. The base conductor channel can receive a longitudinal portion of a conductor into the lay-in slot so that the conductor extends through the base conductor channel to intersect the base bore. In an assembled configuration, the first end of the plug can extend into the base bore, aligned with the conductor along the base axis to deform the conductor in the axial direction.