Performance indicating electrical connector

An electrical connector comprising:

• a compressible connection section which is sized and shaped to be compressed onto an electrical conductor;
• and
• a visual indicium temperature sensitive indicator thermally coupled to the compressible connection section, wherein the temperature sensitive indicator is adapted to signal and permanently record occurrence of a temperature at the temperature sensitive indicator above a predetermined temperature.

An electrical connector comprising:

• a compressible connection section which is sized and shaped to be compressed onto an electrical conductor;
• and
• a non-electrical temperature sensitive indicator thermally coupled to the compressible connection section, wherein the temperature sensitive indicator is adapted to signal and permanently record occurrence of a temperature at the temperature sensitive indicator above a predetermined temperature.

A method of manufacturing an electrical connector comprising:

• providing an electrical connector member;
• and
• thermally coupling a temperature sensitive indicator to the electrical connector member, wherein the temperature sensitive indicator is adapted to permanently signal by visual indicium occurrence of a temperature at the temperature sensitive indicator above a predetermined temperature.