An open-face electrical connector comprising a first housing having a chamber therein, a second housing mateable to the first housing to form an enclosure for supporting an electrical wire therein and a latchable wire retainer secured to one of the housings, the latchable wire retainer having a first jaw with a wire support surface and a second jaw with a wire support surface with the latchable wire retainer having an open condition for laterally inserting a wire between the first jaw and the second jaw and then bringing the first jaw and the second jaw into clamping engagement around a peripheral wire surface by bringing the first jaw toward the second jaw.
1. A method of forming a branch attachment comprising the steps of:
forming a first housing having a chamber containing a first latchable wire retainer and a second latchable wire retainer;
forming a second housing having a chamber therein;
opening the first and second latchable wire retainers;
placing -an electrical wire on a wire-supporting surface of the first latchable wire retainer and on a wire-supporting surface of the second latchable wire retainer;
securing the electrical wire to the first latchable wire retainer and the second latchable wire retainer while the first and second housings are in an open condition; and
placing an open end of the first housing and an open end of the second housing in engagement to form an enclosure.
2. The method of claim 1 including the step of placing a sealant in the second housing.
3. The method of claim 1 including the step of latching a wire retainer upper jaw to a wire retainer lower jaw through engagement of a set of teeth.
4. The method of claim 1 including the step of sliding an upper retainer jaw into latched engagement with a lower retainer jaw.
5. The method of claim 4 including clamping the upper retainer jaw to the lower retainer jaw.